To Take Care of the Land Means Taking Care of Ourselves”: Local Perceptions on Human and Environmental Health in a High Agro-Biodiversity Landscape in the Yucatan Peninsula

The Forest and Milpa Landscape (FML) is a territory comprising 64 municipalities in the Yucatan Peninsula where the rainforest and the milpa system coexist. The ecosystems that predominate in the FML are sub-deciduous and subtropical evergreen forests, which represent an essential carbon reservoi...

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Main Authors: Méndez López, María Elena, Cepeda González, María Fernanda, Rodríguez Robayo, Karla Juliana, Juárez Téllez, Lilian, Rivera De Velasco, Mariana, Peralta Blanco, Rosa Martha, Chan Chuc, Nicolás, Serrano Ysunza, Andrea A., Riveros Cañas, R. Antonio, Sánchez Siordia, Oscar G., Proust, Sebastien
Other Authors: Nishi, Maiko
Format: article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer Nature 2024
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Online Access:https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-9893-4_5#editor-information
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12324/39920
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9893-4_5
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Summary:The Forest and Milpa Landscape (FML) is a territory comprising 64 municipalities in the Yucatan Peninsula where the rainforest and the milpa system coexist. The ecosystems that predominate in the FML are sub-deciduous and subtropical evergreen forests, which represent an essential carbon reservoir worldwide. The use of natural resources for food security of FML families is associated with the milpa, which is a system that depends on the rainfall and the soil’s ability to retain water. Within the framework of the 2020–2030 Country Strategy of the GEF