Timber, Tourists, and Temples

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Conservation And Development In The Maya Forest Of Belize Guatemala And Mexico

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Edited by Richard B. Primack, David Bray, Hugo A. Galletti, Ismael Ponciano
Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
Release Date: February 13, 1998
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 447

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Stretching across southern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and Belize, the Maya Forest, or Selva Maya, constitutes one of the last large blocks of tropical forest remaining in North and Central America. Home to Mayan-speaking people for more than 5,000 years, the region is also uncommonly rich in cultural and archaeological resources.Timber, Tourists, and Temples brings together the leading biologists, social scientists, and conservationists working in the region to present in a single volume information on the intricate social and political issues, and the complex scientifc and management problems to be resolved there. Following an introductory chapter that presents GIS and remote sensing data, the book: considers perspectives on managing forest resources and the forestry and conservation policies of each nation examines efforts by communities to manage their forest resources explains the connections between resource conservation and use by local people highlights research projects that integrate baseline biological research with impact assessments explains the need to involve local people in conservation effortTimber, Tourists, and Temples explores methods of supporting the biological foundation of the Maya Forest and keeping alive that unique and diverse ecosystem. While many areas face similar development pressures, few have been studied as much or for as long as the Maya Forest. The wealth of information included in this pathbreaking work will be valuable not only for researchers involved with the Maya Forest but for anyone concerned with the protection, use, and management of tropical forest ecosystems throughout the world.

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Maya Forest

PART I. A Regional Approach to the Maya Forest
Chapter 1. A Regional Approach to Conservation in the Maya Forest
Chapter 2. One Forest, Two Nations: The Chiquibul Forest of Belize And Guatemala

PART II. Forest Policy and Management and the Emergence of Community Forestry
Chapter 3. The Maya Forest of Quintana Roo: Thirteen Years of Conservation and Community Development
Chapter 4. Forest Management in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Chapter 5. Sustaining Harvests of Mahogany ( Swietenia Macrophylla King) From Mexico's Yucatán Forests: Past, Present, and Future
Chapter 6. The Maya Forest in Campeche, Mexico: Experiences in Forest Management at Calakmul
Chapter 7. Forestry Policy and Protected Areas in the Petén, Guatemala
Chapter 8. Community Forest Concessions: An Economic Alternative for the Maya Biosphere Reserve in the Petén, Guatemala
Chapter 9. Forest Management and Conservation in Belize: A Brief Background

PART III. Nontimber Forest Products in Conservation Strategies
Chapter 10. Nontimber Forest Products in Community Development and Conservation: The Palm Desmoncus Schippii in Gales Point, Belize
Chapter 11. Governmental and Customary Arrangements Guiding Chicle Latex Extraction in Petén, Guatemala
Chapter 12. The Impact of Hunting on Wildlife in the Maya Forest of Mexico
Chapter 13. Monitoring Nontimber Forest Product Harvest for Ecological Sustainability: A Case Study of Huano (Sabal mauritiiformis) in the Río Bravo Conservation and Management Area, Belize
Chapter 14. Buffer Zone Management: Lessons for the Maya Forest

PART IV. Biodiversity Research for Conservation
Chapter 15. Toward Sustainable Forestry in Belize
Chapter 16. The Peregrine Fund's Maya Project: Ecological Research, Habitat Conservation, and Development of Human Resources in the Maya Forest
Chapter 17. Dynamics and Ecology of Naturaland Managed Forests in Quintana Roo, Mexico

PART V. Community Development, Conservation, and Ecotourism
Chapter 18. The Global Environment and Galacia, the New Ejidal Population Center, Marqués de Comillas Zone, Ocosingo, Chiapas
Chapter 19. What Is the Forest to a Small Farmer? Interview with Raymundo Terrón Santana
Chapter 20. Organic Coffee Production and the Conservation of Natural Resources in Las Margaritas, Chiapas
Chapter 21. The Bio-Itzá Reserve: History of An Indigenous Effort to Conserve the Maya Itzá Community of San José, El Pet&eaccute;n, Guatemala
Chapter 22. Community-based Ecotourism in the Maya Forest: Problems and Potentials
Chapter 23. Community-based Development as a Conservation Tool: The Community Baboon Sanctuary and the Gales Point Manatee Project
Chapter 24. Illuminating the Petén's Throne Of Gold: The ProPetén Experiment in Conservation-Based Development
Chapter 25. The Belize Zoo: Grassroots Efforts in Education and Outreach

Common Terms and Names
Common Acronyms
Name Index
Subject Index

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