气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Institutional legacies explain the comparative efficacy of protected areas: Evidence from the Calakmul and Maya Biosphere Reserves of Mexico and Guatemala

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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.04.011
	Institutional legacies explain the comparative efficacy of protected areas: Evidence from the Calakmul and Maya Biosphere Reserves of Mexico and Guatemala
	Rodriguez Solorzano C.; Fleischman F.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	0959-3780
起始页码	278
结束页码	288
卷号	50
英文摘要	The effectiveness of protected areas at achieving nature conservation goals varies widely, but the reasons for this variation are understudied. We argue that an important, but often neglected, factor is the history of institutional development that pre-dates protected area establishment. Through a comparative analysis of pathways of institutional development in Calakmul and Maya Biosphere Reserves, internationally adjoining protected areas in Mexico and Guatemala, we demonstrate that differences in farmer and community-level conservation behavior between the two reserves are the result of differences in land tenure systems that pre-date reserve establishment. Differences in land tenure systems resulted in a lower population density, greater tenure security, and greater economic and political equality in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. All of these factors influenced farmers and communities in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve to have more favorable attitudes towards conservation, conserve more forest on both individual and community managed land, and to create more conservation reserves on both land types. These differences are rooted in the system of land distribution and political organization during the 1970s and 1980s, before protected area establishment, when both areas were agricultural frontiers. As a result of these political processes that pre-date reserve creation, farmers and communities in Calakmul hold more land and hold it more equitably, have less access to surplus labor for expanding commercial production, and have a political system that shares benefits from forest conservation more equitably when compared to Maya. Our work highlights the value of understanding historical political and institutional conditions in the design and development of effective protected areas. Protected areas located in areas with greater economic and political equality may be more effective at conserving nature. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Conservation; Governance; Guatemala; Institutions; Mexico; Protected areas
学科领域	colonial legacy; comparative study; governance approach; institutional development; institutional framework; land tenure; local participation; nature conservation; protected area; public attitude; Calakmul Biosphere Reserve; Campeche; Guatemala [Central America]; Guatemala [Central America]; Maya Biosphere Reserve; Mexico [North America]; Peten
语种	英语
scopus关键词	colonial legacy; comparative study; governance approach; institutional development; institutional framework; land tenure; local participation; nature conservation; protected area; public attitude; Calakmul Biosphere Reserve; Campeche; Guatemala [Central America]; Guatemala [Central America]; Maya Biosphere Reserve; Mexico [North America]; Peten
来源期刊	Global Environmental change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117133
作者单位	University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, Saint Paul, MN 55108, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rodriguez Solorzano C.,Fleischman F.. Institutional legacies explain the comparative efficacy of protected areas: Evidence from the Calakmul and Maya Biosphere Reserves of Mexico and Guatemala[J],2018,50.
APA	Rodriguez Solorzano C.,&Fleischman F..(2018).Institutional legacies explain the comparative efficacy of protected areas: Evidence from the Calakmul and Maya Biosphere Reserves of Mexico and Guatemala.Global Environmental change,50.
MLA	Rodriguez Solorzano C.,et al."Institutional legacies explain the comparative efficacy of protected areas: Evidence from the Calakmul and Maya Biosphere Reserves of Mexico and Guatemala".Global Environmental change 50(2018).