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Building Community Consensus
for social development,
biodiversity mainstreaming and
conservation in Lacandon Tropical
Rainforest
Héctor Albores Cruz
Presidente Municipal de Ocosingo,
Chiapas México.
The Lacandon
Tropical Forest
of Chiapas
1. The most biodiverse
ecosystem in Mexico.
2. The biggest water
reservoir in the country.
3. 29 % of Mexican mammal
species live there.
4. Unique biodiversity
(endemism).
Social concern and
threats
1. Habitat fragmentation due to deforestation.
2. Natural recourses degradation.
3. Lack of sustainable-biodiversity friendly production systems: Extensive livestock and agriculture production units.
4. Poverty.
5.- Population growth.
Consensus building:
Motivaciones:
1. Building trust among
stakeholders.
2. Searching economic alternative
for new generations.
3. Community based agreements.
4. Engaging in sustainability.
5. Institutional coordination ,
federation, station and
municipal.
6. Local capacity strenghthening.
Agreements to ensure
social development and
biodiversity
conservation:
70 communities out of 123
engagements for conservation.
42 productive organizations
participate.
3 municipal governments
involved
1. Ocosingo
2. Marqués de Comillas.
3. Maravilla Tenejapa.
Federal and state institutions,
working together; Agriculture
land planning, indigenous
peoples and environment
sectors.
Challenges at the
local level to comply
with the agreements:
Elaborate a Regional
sustainable
development Program
Measure and evaluate
objectives
Challenges at the local
level to comply with the
agreements:
Technical capacities
Knowledge and
information services
Social accountability
“Trees and stars are made from
the same root; when a tree
falls, a star falls too….”
Chankin Viejo.
Thank you
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