Desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en Chihuahua, México
This research study focused on strategic planning for sustainable community forestry in Chihuahua State, Mexico. The research involved two forest ejidos in the Sierra Tarahumara: Basihuare and Cusarare from Guachochi Municipality. The objectives were: 1) assess the current forest resource managemen...
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
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author | Luján Alvarez, Concepción Diemer, Joel A. Stanford, M. Lois |
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description | This research study focused on strategic planning for sustainable community forestry in Chihuahua State, Mexico. The research involved two forest ejidos in the Sierra Tarahumara: Basihuare and Cusarare from Guachochi Municipality. The objectives were: 1) assess the current forest resource management in both communities, 2) conduct a Search Conference (SC) (participative strategic planning methodology) for forest-based community development to achieve a greater awareness of development needs, positive perceptions and attitude change and to design a strategic action plan for a future community, and 3) assess the attitudinal and perceptual impact of the SC (strategic planning intervention) of local people toward community development. The results showed that: 1) ethnographic interviews were a valuable complement to and cross-check on the participatory approaches to obtaining views from the community members about their community forest resource management, and 2) the SC achieved a greater awareness of development needs and created more positive attitudes and perceptions about community development in Basihuare more than Cusárare who did not receive the intervention (SC). Additionally, the SC helped the Basihuare community to design its own strategic action plan for future development. The community not only developed its own strategic action plan, but also, because of the participative and democratic process they used, they became a planning community. Finally, the results suggest that the study could serve like a model for the application of the open system theory for the development of sustainable forestry communities in the Sierra Tarahumara and in other places more to regional, national, and international level. |
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spelling | oai:oai.myb.ojs.inecol.mx:article-13332022-11-30T01:00:44Z Desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en Chihuahua, México Desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en Chihuahua, México Luján Alvarez, Concepción Diemer, Joel A. Stanford, M. Lois Sustainable development community forestry participative strategic planning natural resource management Desarrollo sustentable comunidad forestal planeación estratégica participativa manejo de recursos naturales This research study focused on strategic planning for sustainable community forestry in Chihuahua State, Mexico. The research involved two forest ejidos in the Sierra Tarahumara: Basihuare and Cusarare from Guachochi Municipality. The objectives were: 1) assess the current forest resource management in both communities, 2) conduct a Search Conference (SC) (participative strategic planning methodology) for forest-based community development to achieve a greater awareness of development needs, positive perceptions and attitude change and to design a strategic action plan for a future community, and 3) assess the attitudinal and perceptual impact of the SC (strategic planning intervention) of local people toward community development. The results showed that: 1) ethnographic interviews were a valuable complement to and cross-check on the participatory approaches to obtaining views from the community members about their community forest resource management, and 2) the SC achieved a greater awareness of development needs and created more positive attitudes and perceptions about community development in Basihuare more than Cusárare who did not receive the intervention (SC). Additionally, the SC helped the Basihuare community to design its own strategic action plan for future development. The community not only developed its own strategic action plan, but also, because of the participative and democratic process they used, they became a planning community. Finally, the results suggest that the study could serve like a model for the application of the open system theory for the development of sustainable forestry communities in the Sierra Tarahumara and in other places more to regional, national, and international level. Esta investigación fue enfocada sobre la planeación estratégica participativa para el desarrollo sustentable de comunidades forestales en Chihuahua, México, específicamente en dos ejidos forestales localizados en la Sierra Tarahumara: Basihuare y Cusárare del municipio de Guachochi, Chih. Los objetivos fueron: 1) valorar el manejo actual de los recursos forestales en ambas comunidades, 2) conducir la metodología de la planeación estratégica participativa denominada Conferencia de Búsqueda (CB) para lograr un mejor conocimiento de las necesidades de desarrollo futuro, un cambio positivo de actitud y percepciones y diseñar un plan de acción estratégico para el desarrollo sustentable de la comunidad, y 3) valorar el impacto en las actitudes y percepciones de la gente local en relación con la intervención realizada (CB) para el desarrollo de su comunidad. Los resultados mostraron que: 1) entrevistas etnográficas fueron un complemento fundamental para valorar el enfoque participativo y obtener las opiniones de los miembros de la comunidad sobre el manejo de los recursos forestales y, 2) los residentes de Basihuare, a través de la CB, lograron un mayor conocimiento y conciencia de las necesidades de su desarrollo futuro y se crearon mas cambios positivos en percepciones y actitudes acerca del desarrollo de su comunidad comparado con la gente de Cusárare quien no participó en este proceso de la CB. La CB ayudó a la comunidad de Basihuare a diseñar su propio plan de acción estratégico para lograr un desarrollo sustentable en el futuro y además, debido al proceso democrático y participativo que usaron, ellos llegaron a ser una comunidad planificadora. Finalmente, los resultados sugieren que el estudio puede servir como un modelo para la aplicación del enfoque de sistemas abiertos al desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en la Sierra Tarahumara y en otros lugares más a nivel regional, nacional e internacional. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2016-09-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/1333 10.21829/myb.2000.621333 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2000): Otoño 2000; 29-39 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2000): Otoño 2000; 29-39 2448-7597 1405-0471 spa https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/1333/1503 Derechos de autor 2016 Madera y Bosques |
spellingShingle | Luján Alvarez, Concepción Diemer, Joel A. Stanford, M. Lois Desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en Chihuahua, México |
title | Desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en Chihuahua, México |
title_full | Desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en Chihuahua, México |
title_fullStr | Desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en Chihuahua, México |
title_full_unstemmed | Desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en Chihuahua, México |
title_short | Desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en Chihuahua, México |
title_sort | desarrollo de comunidades forestales sustentables en chihuahua, méxico |
url | https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/1333 |
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