According to Anta and Perez (2004), 44 communities have set aside conservation areas comprising a total of 175,000ha. In a subsequent study, Anta (2007) identifies only 42 certified community reserves (covering 91,318ha) and 90 voluntary conservation areas (covering 265,720ha). Bray et al (2008) refer to 236 ‘informally protected’ community areas in Oaxaca, covering an estimated 240,000ha of forestlands. While many areas relate to local conservation efforts that are explicitly recognized by communities, governmental agencies, non- governmental organizations (NGOs) or academics, others fall under different land uses. Despite this somewhat confusing picture, two things are clear about ICCAs in Oaxaca. Firstly, there are far more of these areas here than in any other Mexican state.
Category Archives: Biodiversity Conservation
Coexistence of People and Nature- Factors of Success
Defending Myanmar’s Remaining Environmental Treasures
Despite being engaged in a civil war with the central government for most of the past 70 years, today the ethnic communities of Myanmar’s Karen state are protecting some of the last full-spectrum biodiversity in Southeast Asia, through a combination of traditional land practices, global partnerships, and contemporary technology.
Role of indigenous peoples in conservation — new study 2019
Richard Schuster and team look at the role of IPs in the management of biodiversity in Canada, Australia and Brazil and find IPs manage protected areas as well as governments
See CBC news article as well: https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2019/07/24/study-confirms-indigenous-peoples-lead-way-in-taking-care-of-land/
Trails and Tangents 