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(Dis)agreements in the management of conservation conflicts in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

Malena Oliva ,
Eduardo García-Frapolli Open the ORCID record for Eduardo García-Frapolli [Opens in a new window] ,
Luciana Porter-Bolland  and
Salvador Montiel
Malena Oliva
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Col. Ex-Hacienda San José de la Huerta, CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Eduardo García-Frapolli*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Col. Ex-Hacienda San José de la Huerta, CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Luciana Porter-Bolland
Affiliation:
Red de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz91070, Mexico
Salvador Montiel
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecología Humana, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Unidad Mérida, México, Km. 6 antigua carretera a Progreso, Mérida, Yucatán97310, Mexico
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Author for correspondence: Dr Eduardo García-Frapolli, Email: garcia.frapolli@gmail.com
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Summary

To manage widespread conservation conflicts, building a shared understanding among the parties involved has been considered key. However, there is little empirical evidence of the role this understanding might play in the context of imposed biosphere reserves. Using semi-structured and in-depth interviews in two communities within the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, we explored whether or not there is a shared understanding of conflicts between local people and reserve managers, and we analysed its contribution to conflict management. We found that a shared understanding is not a determining factor when the conflict solution demands actions that exceed stakeholders’ functions. While a shared understanding helps with the global process of conflict management, there are other challenges: local impairment resulting from the exclusionary creation and the operation of protected areas and the need for action to solve a conflict that exceeds the functions of stakeholders.

Keywords

local livelihoodsprotected areasshared understandingstakeholders’ perspectives
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Research Paper
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 47 , Issue 4 , December 2020 , pp. 295 - 303
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Foundation for Environmental Conservation

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