Mexican Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation: Recent Case Studies

This book presents valuable and recent lessons learned regarding the links between natural resources management, from a Socio-Ecological perspective, and the biodiversity conservation in Mexico. It address the political and social aspects, as well as the biological and ecological factors, involved in natural resources management and their impacts on biodiversity conservation. It is a useful resource for researchers and professionals around the globe, but especially those in Latin American countries, which are grappling with the same Bio-Cultural heritage conservation issues.

SECTION I PUBLIC POLICIES CHAPTER 1. BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN MEXICO: ASSESSING THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR IMPLEMENTING NAGOYA PROTOCOL AND AICHI TARGETS. Jesus Dario-Galindo Gonzalez and Evelia Rivera-Arriaga.- CHAPTER 2. ARE CURRENT ACTIONS FOR CONSERVATION IN MEXICO ENOUGH? A REVIEW OF THE PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE THREATS. Cecilia L. Jimenez-Sierra, Daniel Torres-Orozco Jimenez and Ma. Loraine Matias-Palafox.- CHAPTER 3. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, AND CIVIL SERVICE IN MEXICO: LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE LAST 30 YEARS Aguirre-Munoz, Alfonso.- CHAPTER 4. PUBLIC POLICIES AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN MEXICO Norma Patricia Munoz Sevilla, Maxime Le Bail, Omar Berkelaar Munoz.- CHAPTER 5. PUBLIC MEXICAN CORPORATIONS SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS: MEASURING THE PROFIT BENEFITS OF PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS PROGRAMS FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTORS. Irma Cristina Espitia Moreno, Oscar V. De la Torre Torres and Dolores Guadalupe Martinez Pena.- CHAPTER 6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE GOVERNANCE OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES IN MEXICO: TRENDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. David J. Jefferson, Ileana Serrano Fraire and Luis Felipe Beltran-Morales.- CHAPTER 7. ARTISANAL FISHERS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC POLICIES FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. Gerardo Rodriguez Quiroz, Isidro Luis Rodriguez Franco, Daniel Garcia Urquidez, Miguel Angel Pinkus Rendon and Manuel Jesus Pinkus Rendon.- SECTION II THEORETICAL ASPECTS CHAPTER 8. SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. Miguel Pinkus-Rendon, Enrique Rodriguez-Balam and Manuel Pinkus-Rendon.- CHAPTER 9. THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE MEXICAN ISLANDS, A SUCCESSFUL COMPREHENSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH RELEVANT FOR GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY Federico A. Mendez-Sanchez, Mariam Latofski-Robles, Luciana Luna-Mendoza, Yuliana Bedolla-Guzman, Antonio Ortiz-Alcaraz, Julio Hernandez-Montoya, Evaristo Rojas-Mayoral and Alfonso Aguirre-Munoz.- CHAPTER 10. SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES IN PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN MEXICAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. Arturo Eugenio Gomez Barrero, Arturo Gomez-Pompa and Andrea Gomez Lissarrague.- CHAPTER 11. FORGOTTEN SOCIAL ISSUES FOR ACHIEVING LONG-TERM CONSERVATION IN PROTECTED AREAS. Daniel Torres-Orozco Jimenez, Benito Vazquez-Quesada and Cecilia L. Jimenez-Sierra.- CHAPTER 12. ESTUARIES AND COASTAL LAGOONS OF MEXICO: CHALLENGES FOR SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, AND CONSERVATION Jose Alfredo Arreola Lizarraga, Gustavo Padilla-Arredondo, Thelma Michelle Ruiz Ruiz, Luz Maria Cruz Garcia, Lia Celina Mendez Rodriguez, Pablo Hernandez Almaraz and Hector Hugo Vargas Gonzalez.- CHAPTER 13. STATUS OF THE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, TAXONOMY AND CONSERVATION OF THE REPTILES OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA ISLANDS. Maria Carmen Blazquez, Patricia Vazquez and Alfredo Ortega-Rubio.- CHAPTER 15. POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF DECADAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON COASTAL BIODIVERSITY AND SOCIETAL IMPORTANT PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES. A CASE STUDY IN MEXICAN COASTAL STATES. Isaac Azuz-Adeath and Alejandra Cuevas.- CHAPTER 16. DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN MEXICO. Guillermo Zuniga-Gutierrez and Veneranda Rubio-Perez.- CHAPTER 17. FRESHWATER WETLANDS CONSERVATION; AN ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL FOR COASTAL RESTORATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. Maria Mercedes Castillo-Uzcanga, Everardo Barba-Macias y Alejandro Espinoza-Tenorio.- SECTION III CASE STUDIES CHAPTER 18. COMMUNITY ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS. THE CASE OF EL VIZCAINO BIOSPHERE RESERVE, MEXICO. Alba E. Gamez, Antonina Ivanova and Eduardo Juarez.- CHAPTER 19. THE VALUE OF ECO-TOURISM AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN ESPIRITU SANTO ISLAND NATIONAL PARK, MEXICO. Claudia Lorena Lauterio-Martinez, Victor Angel Hernandez-Trejo, Alfredo Ortega-Rubio, Elizabeth Olmos-Martinez, Reyna Maria Ibanez-Perez and Mariana Bobadilla-Jimenez.- CHAPTER 20. BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE PANTANOS DE CENTLA BIOSPHERE RESERVE: ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC THREATS. Everardo Barba-Macias, M. Azahara Mesa-Jurado, Alejandro Espinoza-Tenorio and Alejandro Ortega-Argueta.- CHAPTER 21. DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF WOODY PLANTS IN A DRY TROPICAL FOREST: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ITS MANAGEMENT. Jesus Argumedo-Espinoza, Joaquin Sosa Ramirez, Vicente Diaz Nunez, Diego R. Perez-Salicrup and Maria Elena Siqueiros Delgado.- CHAPTER 22. CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY VS TOURISM AND FISHING AT THE ARCHIPELAGO ESPIRITU SANTO IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. Elizabeth Olmos-Martinez, Oscar Arizpe, Cesar Maldonado-Alcudia and Blanca Roldan-Clara.- CHAPTER 23. FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY IN PLANTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION ISSUES OF THE MEXICAN BIODIVERSITY Clara Tinoco-Ojanguren, Jose L. Andrade, Oscar Briones and Alejandro E. Castellanos.- CHAPTER 24. REALITIES AND PENDING ISSUES IN THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS IN MEXICO Manuel Jesus Pinkus-Rendon, Cielo Maria Avila-Lopez, Michael V. Cordoba-Matson and Alfredo Ortega-Rubio.