Changes in the Socio-Ecological System of a Protected Area in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Case Study on Land-Use, Vegetation Cover, and Household Management Strategies

Protected areas (PA) are effective means for protecting biodiversity, but less is known about their effect on the social-ecological system (SES). Using a semi-experimental approach and a descriptive case study based evaluation, we analyzed the effect of a PA in the Yucatan Peninsula on land-cover an...

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Autores principales:	Martha Bonilla-Moheno, Coral E. Rangel Rivera, Eduardo García-Frapolli, Fernanda L. Ríos Beltrán, Celene Espadas-Manrique, Filippo Aureli, Bárbara Ayala-Orozco, Gabriel Ramos-Fernández
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	land cover milpa agriculture productive activities remote sensing descriptive case study-based evaluation Yucatan Peninsula Agriculture S
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f18d7a25f4c64602ae838186a09964432021-11-25T18:09:16ZChanges in the Socio-Ecological System of a Protected Area in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Case Study on Land-Use, Vegetation Cover, and Household Management Strategies10.3390/land101111472073-445Xhttps://doaj.org/article/f18d7a25f4c64602ae838186a09964432021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1147https://doaj.org/toc/2073-445XProtected areas (PA) are effective means for protecting biodiversity, but less is known about their effect on the social-ecological system (SES). Using a semi-experimental approach and a descriptive case study based evaluation, we analyzed the effect of a PA in the Yucatan Peninsula on land-cover and household resource management strategies in time and space (before and after the PA establishment; inside and outside its limits). To assess the changes of land-use practices in the areas surrounding the communities inside and outside the PA, and their change over time (from 2003 to 2015), we used remote sensing analysis and semi-structured interviews. Our results show that after the PA was established, the forest increased and agricultural plots decreased inside and to a lesser extent outside the PA. However, fires reduced the area of old-growth forest and increased young secondary forest, highlighting the system’s vulnerability to uncommon events. Resource management strategies were also affected: while inside the PA households tended toward specializing on tourism, outside the PA household strategies implied a diversification of productive activities. Overall, the establishment of the PA proved to be an effective tool to promote forest recovery and prevent deforestation in the regions surrounding the communities both inside and outside the PA.Martha Bonilla-MohenoCoral E. Rangel RiveraEduardo García-FrapolliFernanda L. Ríos BeltránCelene Espadas-ManriqueFilippo AureliBárbara Ayala-OrozcoGabriel Ramos-FernándezMDPI AGarticleland covermilpa agricultureproductive activitiesremote sensingdescriptive case study-based evaluationYucatan PeninsulaAgricultureSENLand, Vol 10, Iss 1147, p 1147 (2021)
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topic	land cover milpa agriculture productive activities remote sensing descriptive case study-based evaluation Yucatan Peninsula Agriculture S
spellingShingle	land cover milpa agriculture productive activities remote sensing descriptive case study-based evaluation Yucatan Peninsula Agriculture S Martha Bonilla-Moheno Coral E. Rangel Rivera Eduardo García-Frapolli Fernanda L. Ríos Beltrán Celene Espadas-Manrique Filippo Aureli Bárbara Ayala-Orozco Gabriel Ramos-Fernández Changes in the Socio-Ecological System of a Protected Area in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Case Study on Land-Use, Vegetation Cover, and Household Management Strategies
description	Protected areas (PA) are effective means for protecting biodiversity, but less is known about their effect on the social-ecological system (SES). Using a semi-experimental approach and a descriptive case study based evaluation, we analyzed the effect of a PA in the Yucatan Peninsula on land-cover and household resource management strategies in time and space (before and after the PA establishment; inside and outside its limits). To assess the changes of land-use practices in the areas surrounding the communities inside and outside the PA, and their change over time (from 2003 to 2015), we used remote sensing analysis and semi-structured interviews. Our results show that after the PA was established, the forest increased and agricultural plots decreased inside and to a lesser extent outside the PA. However, fires reduced the area of old-growth forest and increased young secondary forest, highlighting the system’s vulnerability to uncommon events. Resource management strategies were also affected: while inside the PA households tended toward specializing on tourism, outside the PA household strategies implied a diversification of productive activities. Overall, the establishment of the PA proved to be an effective tool to promote forest recovery and prevent deforestation in the regions surrounding the communities both inside and outside the PA.
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author	Martha Bonilla-Moheno Coral E. Rangel Rivera Eduardo García-Frapolli Fernanda L. Ríos Beltrán Celene Espadas-Manrique Filippo Aureli Bárbara Ayala-Orozco Gabriel Ramos-Fernández
author_facet	Martha Bonilla-Moheno Coral E. Rangel Rivera Eduardo García-Frapolli Fernanda L. Ríos Beltrán Celene Espadas-Manrique Filippo Aureli Bárbara Ayala-Orozco Gabriel Ramos-Fernández
author_sort	Martha Bonilla-Moheno
title	Changes in the Socio-Ecological System of a Protected Area in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Case Study on Land-Use, Vegetation Cover, and Household Management Strategies
title_short	Changes in the Socio-Ecological System of a Protected Area in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Case Study on Land-Use, Vegetation Cover, and Household Management Strategies
title_full	Changes in the Socio-Ecological System of a Protected Area in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Case Study on Land-Use, Vegetation Cover, and Household Management Strategies
title_fullStr	Changes in the Socio-Ecological System of a Protected Area in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Case Study on Land-Use, Vegetation Cover, and Household Management Strategies
title_full_unstemmed	Changes in the Socio-Ecological System of a Protected Area in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Case Study on Land-Use, Vegetation Cover, and Household Management Strategies
title_sort	changes in the socio-ecological system of a protected area in the yucatan peninsula: a case study on land-use, vegetation cover, and household management strategies
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f18d7a25f4c64602ae838186a0996443
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