Changing Landscapes for Forest Commons: Linking Land Tenure with Forest Cover Change Following Mexico's 1992 Agrarian Counter-Reforms
Changing Landscapes for Forest Commons: Linking Land Tenure with Forest Cover Change Following Mexico's 1992 Agrarian Counter-Reforms
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DOI：
10.1007/s10745-013-9581-0
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发表时间：
2013-10-01
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2
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Keys, Eric
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作者：
DiGiano, Maria;Ellis, Edward;Keys, Eric
墨西哥1992年的反农业改革开放了该国庞大的共同财产制度网络，即所谓的ejidos，使私有化成为可能。本研究探讨了动态的共同财产制度和森林砍伐的政策改革后，在墨西哥东南部的8个地区之间的关系。使用制度分析，土地利用/土地覆盖变化（LULCC）分析和森林依赖指数，我们研究土地使用权安排与土地利用和森林覆盖变化模式。我们证明，非正式私有化的Ejidos有更大的个人土地所有权，更多的土地使用，和更高的森林砍伐率。共同拥有的Ejidos表现出较低的毁林率，在某些情况下，森林通过社区森林管理提供了经济效益。然而，对森林的依赖与低毁林率无关，这表明了保护的替代途径。
Mexico's 1992 agrarian counter-reforms opened up the country's vast network of common property regimes, known as ejidos, to the possibility of privatization. This study investigates the relationship between dynamic common property regimes and deforestation in the wake of policy reform among eight ejidos in southeastern Mexico. Using institutional analyses, land use/land cover change (LULCC) analyses and a Forest Dependency Index, we examine how land tenure arrangements relate to land use and forest cover change patterns. We demonstrate that informally privatized ejidos had larger individual landholdings, more land in use, and higher rates of deforestation. Commonly-held ejidos exhibited lower deforestation rates and, in some cases, forests provided economic benefits via community forest management. However, forest dependency did not correlate with low deforestation rates, suggesting alternative pathways for conservation.