Community Action for Conservation

1. Introduction: Biocultural Diversity and the Participation of Local Communities in National and Global Conservation
Claudia Camacho-Benavides, Luciana Porter-Bolland, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Susannah R. McCandless

Part I. A General Approach to the Context of Community-Based Conservation

2. Community Conservation and Ethnoecology: The Three Dimensions of Local-Level Biodiversity Maintenance
Víctor Manuel Toledo Manzur

3. Conservation and Forest Communities in Mexico: Experiences, Visions, and Rights
Leticia Merino-Perez

Part II. Case Studies of Community Conservation

4. Community Conservation Experiences in Three Ejidos of the Lower Balsas River Basin, Michoacán
Andrés Camou-Guerrero, Tamara Ortiz-Ávila, Daniel Ortiz-Avila, Jorge Odenthal

5. Challenges in ICCA Governance: The Case of El Cordon del Retén in San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca
Constanza Monterrubio-Solís, Helen S. Newing

6. Local Perceptions of Conservation Initiatives in the Calakmul Region
Luciana Porter-Bolland, Eduardo García-Frapolli, María Consuelo Sánchez-González

7. Community Conservation in Punta Laguna: A Case of Adaptive Ecotourism Management
Eduardo García-Frapolli, Martha Bonilla-Moheno, Gabriel Ramos-Fernández

Part III. Methodological Aspects for Understanding and Strengthening Community Conservation

8. Local Participation in Community Conservation: Methodological Contributions
Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Antonio Peña, Maria Elena Méndez-Lopez, Luciana Porter-Bolland

9. Community-Based Biodiversity Monitoring in Mexico: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Strategies for Collaboration with Scientists
Diana J. Pritchard

10. Drawing Analysis: Tools for Understanding Children’s Perceptions of Community Conservation
Roser Maneja-Zaragoza, Diego Varga Linde, Martí Boada Juncà

11. Conclusions
Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Susannah R. McCandless, Luciana Porter-Bolland, Claudia Camacho-Benavides

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Sciences, Environmental Management, Nature Conservation, Biodiversity