Political landscapes : forests, conservation, and community in Mexico / Christopher R. Boyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyer, Christopher R. (Christopher Robert), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community forests--Mexico.

Community forests.

Forest management--Mexico.

Forest management.

Forest policy--Mexico.

Forest policy.

Forest ecology--Mexico.

Forest ecology.

Forest conservation--Mexico.

Forest conservation.

Forests and forestry--Mexico.

Forests and forestry.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xix, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Following the 1917 Mexican Revolution inhabitants of the states of Chihuahua and Michoacán 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 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 Michoacán 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 developmental is t state is crucial before community management is implemented elsewhere. Book jacket.

Contents:

The making of revolutionary forestry

The commodification of nature, 1880-1910

Revolution and regulation, 1910-1928

Revolutionary forestry, 1928-1942

The development imperative

Industrial forests, 1942-1958

The ecology of development, 1952-1972

The romance of state forestry, 1972-1992

Slivers of hope in the neoliberal forest

Federal forestry codes, 1926-2008

UIEFs, 1945-1986.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-326) and index.

ISBN:

9780822358183

0822358182

9780822358329

0822358328

OCLC:

881208793