Search Results - "Quintana Roo"

Partnerships and sustainable forest management: towards sustaining mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla) in the Maya forest of Mexico and Belize by Snook, Laura K.

“…Communities that own and control approximately 500,000 ha of permanent forest estate in Quintana Roo, Mexico, and an NGO that manages over 100,000 ha in neighboring Belize, have both made considerable progress towards implementing sustainable management of natural forests for mahogany production. …”
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Identificación de áreas potenciales en México para la intervención con maíz biofortificado con zinc by Ramírez-Jaspeado, Rocío, Palacios-Rojas, Natalia, Funes, José, Pérez, Salomón, Donnet, M. Laura

“…The areas of medium priority are Nayarit and Durango, while Quintana Roo was determined as low priority.…”
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Rapid analysis of country-level mitigation potential from agriculture, forestry and other land uses in Mexico by Sapkota, Tek Bahadur, Ortíz Monasterio, Jose Iván, Sonder, Kai, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Richards, Meryl B., Leyva, Juan Carlos, García, Miguel Angel

“… - 11 states (i.e. Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Jalisco, Sonora, Veracruz, Durango, Chihuahua, Puebla, Michoacán and Guerrero) had a total AFOLU mitigation potential between 2.5 to 6.5 Mt CO2eq, other states had AFOLU mitigation potentials of less than 2 Mt CO2eq…”
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Restoring commercial timber species through silvicultural patch clear-cuts and natural regeneration in Mexico’s Maya Forest: Composition and growth 11 years after three treatments by Snook, Laura K., Capitanio, R., Tadeo-Noble, A.

“…The natural regeneration of 27 commercial and potentially commercial timber species was studied on experimental clearings in managed forests on three ‘ejidos’ and one private property in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Eight ½ ha clear-cuts had been created 11 years earlier using each of three different clearing treatments: slashing, felling and leaving (felled); slashing, felling and burning (burned); and machine-clearing. …”
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Patch clearcutting to regenerate mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) and sustain forest value in the Mayan ejidos of Mexico [poster] by Snook, Laura K., Negreros-Castillo, P.

“…To mimic catastrophic disturbances which favor the natural regeneration of mahogany, eight 5000 m2 clearings were established in production forests in Quintana Roo, Mexico using each of three treatments: complete felling; slashing, felling and burning; or machine-clearing, which uprooted all prior vegetation. …”
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Six years of fruit production by mahogany trees (Swietenia macrophylla King): patterns of variation and implications for sustainability by Snook, Laura K., Camara-Cabrales, L., Kelty, M.J.

“…During each of six successive years, the authors measured tree diameters and counted woody fruit capsule segments that fell below the crowns of 82 mahogany trees in natural forest in central Quintana Roo, Mexico. Sample trees ranged from <20 cm to more than 100 cm DBH. …”
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