Finger-Stich, Andrea (2002) Community forest concessions in the Mayan biosphere reserve of Guatemala- Certification, legitimacy and the culture of participatory governance. Policy Matters (10). pp. 76-77.
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In the multiple-use zone of the Maya biosphere reserve of Northern Guatemala, local communities have obtained forest concessions over half a million hectares. Within these territories, 17 such communities are allowed to extract timber and non-timber products under the provision of a plan for managing the forest sustainably and having the extracted timber certified. Guatemala holds, after Mexico, the world’s second largest area of forests certified (accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council) and managed by local communities. The Maya tropical forest stretches from the Mexican state of Chiapas into Northern Guatemala and Belize. It is— after the Amazons—the greatest extension of tropical forest in Latin America. Many of the Mayan civilization’s vestiges are still buried under the luxurious vegetation of these forests.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Guatemala, Community Mobilisation, Community Based Management, Sustainable Development, Forests, Belize, Biodiversity, Protected Areas, Wildlife Management, Deforestation, Biosphere Reserve, Conflicts, Property Rights, Exports, Livelihood, Ecotourism |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2022 10:55 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2022 10:55 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/14113 |
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