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Following the 1917 Mexican Revolution inhabitants of the states of Chihuahua and Michoacan received vast tracts of prime timberland as part of Mexico's land redistribution program. Although locals gained possession of the forests, the federal government retained management rights, which created conflict over subsequent decades among rural, often indigenous villages; government; and private timber companies about how best to manage the forests. Christopher R. Boyer examines this history in Political Landscapes, where he argues that the forests in Chihuahua and Michoacan became what he calls "political landscapes"-that is, geographies that become politicized by the interactions between opposing actors-through the effects of backroom deals, nepotism, and political negotiations. Understanding the historical dynamic of community forestry in Mexico is particularly critical for those interested in promoting community involvement in the use and conservation of forestlands around the world. Considering how rural and indigenous people have confronted, accepted, and modified the rationalizing projects of forest management foisted on them by a developmentalist state is crucial before community management is implemented elsewhere.

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Forests

Histoire

México

Environmental management

History of the Americas

Mexico

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Publié par	Duke University Press
Date de parution	17 mai 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780822375876
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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POLITICAL LANDSCAPES

Forests, Conservation, and Community in Mexico

CHRISTOPHER R. BOYER

DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS Duram & London 

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boyer, Cristoper R. (Cristoper Robert) Political landscapes : forests, conservation, and community in Mexico / Cristoper R. Boyer. pages cm Includes bibliograpical references and index. ---- (ardcover : alk. paper) ---- (pbk. : alk. paper) ---- (e-book) . Community forests—Mexico. . Forest management—Mexico. . Forest policy— Mexico. . Forest ecology—Mexico. . Forest conservation—Mexico. . Forests and forestry— Mexico. I. Title. .  .—dc 

Cover art:Greener, . © Miguel Plata. Image courtesy of te artist.

To my moter, wo loves te forests

A ke kanaia este gringo. Iasï k’oru incakuati cartaruecani. isïku undasti trenini korokani isïku undasti ixujku jarani.

Juata k’eritu jikimi t’uyini lastima usïya sami. Xani sesi jaxeka Juata asula jimbokimi ia Santiago Islei sami kuadraritia

O, wat a scoundrel tat gringo is. Now te people of Picátaro will ave is train in teir town. He began by laying te rails and it looks like e plans to stay.

My poor little blue ill, I feel so sorry for you. I guess it’s too bad Santiago Slade liked you so muc.

—“A ke kanaia este gringo,” a Purépeca folk song (pirekua) from te late nineteent century

ILLUSTRATIONS xi

PREFACE xiii

CO N T E N T S

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii

INTRODUCTION 

PART I. THE MAKING OF REVOLUTIONARY FORESTRY

. he Commodiﬁcation of Nature, – 

2.Revolution and Regulation, – 

3.Revolutionary Forestry, – 

PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT IMPERATIVE