Search Results - "Yucatan Peninsula"

Climate change impacts on family farming systems and local adaptation strategies in Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula by Peña, Meliza, Schröder, Lea, Euler, Michael

“…Family farming systems in Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula form the backbone of rural livelihoods, food security, and biocultural heritage (Gómez Martínez et al., 2019; López-Gómez et al., 2023; Fonteyne et al., 2023). et these systems face increasing pressure from climate variability, including irregular rainfall, prolonged droughts, rising temperatures, soil degradation, and biodiversity loss. …”
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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 by 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

“…The Forest and Milpa Landscape (FML) is a territory comprising 64 municipalities in the Yucatan Peninsula where the rainforest and the milpa system coexist. …”
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Evolution and domestication of lima bean in Mexico : Evidence from ribosomal DNA by Serrano Serrano, Martha L., Andueza-Noh, RH, Martínez Castillo, J., Debouck, Daniel G., Chacón Sánchez, María I.

“…While the MI gene pool occurs in central western Mexico, including the Pacific coastal range, the MII gene pool is widespread and occurs toward the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan peninsula, and Central and South America. In a cluster analysis, all Mesoamerican landraces clustered together with wild accessions from the MI gene pool (L haplotype) suggesting a unique domestication event in central western Mexico. …”
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Endurance and Adaptation of Community Forest Management in Quintana Roo, Mexico by Ellis, E.A., Kainer, K.A., Sierra-Huelsz, J.A., Negreros-Castillo, P., Rodríguez Ward, D., DiGiano, M.

“…In this article, we present the institutional, socioeconomic and environmental conditions under which community-based forest management has been consolidated in the tropical state of Quintana Roo, which occupies the eastern half of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. With a focus on management for timber and other market-based development strategies, we then examine the institutional and socioeconomic factors, as well as biophysical shocks, that have constrained community forestry development in the past 25 years, challenging its persistence. …”
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Sustaining mahogany: research and silviculture in Mexico's community forests by Snook, Laura K.

“…The most advanced efforts are those of communities that harvest multiple products, including more than 8000 m cubic/year of mahogany timber, from all over nearly 730 000 hectares of production forests on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Over the past twenty years, their foresters have developed inventories and managment plans and overseen enrichment planting efforts, while researchers have established experiments and studies to evaluate management alternatives. …”
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Longitudinal analysis of maize diversity in Yucatan, Mexico: influence of agro-ecological factors on landraces conservation and modern variety introduction by Fenzi, M., Jarvis, Devra I., Reyes, L.M.A., Moreno, L.L., Tuxill, J.

“…Despite the increased introduction and supply of improved maize variety seeds in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, over the last 12 years farmers continue to maintain a substantial amount of traditional maize variety diversity. …”
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Carbon Stocks of Tropical Coastal Wetlands within the Karstic Landscape of the Mexican Caribbean by Adame, M.F., Kauffman, J.B., Medina, I, Gamboa, J.N, Torres, O., Caamal, J., Reza, M, Herrera Silveira, J.A.

“…In this study, we quantified the ecosystem C stocks of coastal wetlands of the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (SKBR) in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. We stratified the SKBR into different vegetation types (tall, medium and dwarf mangroves, and marshes), and examined relationships of environmental variables with C stocks. …”
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Multistakeholder networks in Mexico and Guatemala for scaling co-validated bundles of regenerative agriculture technologies by García Santiago, Jorge Octavio, Diaz Espinosa, Anabell Guadalupe, Ovando, Rausel, Jiménez, Benancio, May Tzun, Vladimir Nikolai, Van Loon, Jelle

“…The work was carried out primarily across five strategic Innovation Hubs—three in Mexico (the Yucatán Peninsula, Oaxaca, and Chiapas) and two in Guatemala (Western and Eastern Guatemala)—which together form a network of hubs aimed at articulating actors, capacities, and knowledge to support the validation, adaptation, and scaling of regenerative agriculture packages. …”
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Community engagement through Hub model approach for local consensus building for scaling agricultural recommendations at subnational levels by Van Loon, Jelle, Fonteyne, Simon, García Santiago, Jorge Octavio, Espinosa Diaz, Anabell Guadalupe, Guera, Ouorou Ganni Mariel, Ovando, Rausel, Jiménez, Benancio, May Tzun, Vladimir Nikolai, González Regalado, Jessica, Vilchis Ramos, Rodolfo, Pérez García, Mariana, García, Ana Rosa

“…The analysis draws on experiences developed during 2025 within the Hub model implemented in southern Mexico—Pacífico Sur–Oaxaca, Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula—and in Guatemala—Western and Eastern Hubs. …”
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Identificación preliminar de contaminantes plásticos en el área destinada Voluntariamente a la conservación “Komchén de los pájaros”, Dzemul, Yucatán, México by Mejenes López, Sol de Mayo Araucana, Camacho Chab, Juan Carlos, Mendoza Arroyo, Gustavo Enrique, Cab Paat, Guadalupe de los Ángeles, Gasca Santos, Patricia Concepción, Cob Rivera, Katia

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