Participative generation of local indicators for conservation in Morelos, Mexico

Autor:	Vicente Gonzalez-Romero, Edmundo García-Moya, Concepción Sánchez-Quintanar, Ebandro Uscanga-Mortera, Angélica Romero-Manzanares, José Salvador Flores-Guido, Mario Luna-Cavazos, Columba Monroy-Ortiz
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Multivariate analysis media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Management Monitoring Policy and Law Indigenous Scarcity Geography Environmental protection Nature Conservation Indicator species Sustainability Plant species Socioeconomics media_common
Zdroj:	International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 16:381-391
ISSN:	1745-2627 1350-4509
DOI:	10.1080/13504500903355322
Popis:	Useful indicators for identification of plant species of importance to conservation were identified with the participation of informants from the town of Temimilcingo. The inhabitants of this central Mexican indigenous community use resources from the dry-deciduous forest within the Sierra de Monte Negro State Reserve. Semi-structured interviews and workshops were used, indicators and criteria were established, and local dimensions were identified. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed. The cultural dominance in criteria and indicators was calculated and submitted to descriptive and multivariate analysis. Twenty-four indicators, nine criteria and five dimensions related to ecology, trade, use, categories of use (food, fuel, etc.), medicinal use (e.g. treat respiratory or digestive illness), and perceptions were identified. Indicators of Destructive Use and Scarcity were common among species, while the influence of Medicinal Use and its Perception varied. Indicators were connected to kins...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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