María Gabriela González Cruz y Eduardo García Frapolli
Laboratorio de Economía EcológicaInstituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad UNAM
June, 2016
RESPONDING TO DISTURBANCES: LESSONS FROM A MAYAN SOCIAL-
ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM
Resilience and adaptation• Global environmental change• Globalization: conservation and development
Mayan presence > 3 000 years
TIME
Objectives• Looking for mechanisms to adapt to climate and
economic uncertainties
• Analyzing strategy for managing natural resources
• Reconstructing the history of the community, focusing on social (practices, institutions) and ecological (landscape, environmental units) elements
Study siteNuevo Tesoco
1. Community- Ejido Nuevo Tesoco- Ejido Santa María Pixoy
3. Ecosystem- Semi-deciduous tropical forest - Deciduous tropical forest
3. Social system- 40 households- 180 inhabitants
Methods
Results
• Productive activities• Landscape• Institutions
Diversified activities
Environmental heterogeneity
Nuevo TesocoSanta María
VillageAguadaCatzimalCenoteMilpaSabanaTuc’um
Primary vegetation
Nursery*Secondary vegetation
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Social-ecological system
* Agro-ecological system
EJIDO
UNIDAD AMBIENTAL
Productive activities
Successional dynamic
InstitutionsAccess
InstitutionsRegulation
Institutions Management
Conclusion
A mechanism for long-term stability:
• Diversification of productive activities• Management of environmental
heterogeneity• Flexibility of formal and informal institutions
Thanks
Aknowledgements
Nuevo Tesoco, YucatánAlejandro CasasJuan Manuel DupuyLab. Ecological economicsUNAMPronatura PYPAPIIT-UNAM, CONACYT