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U.S.-Mexico Doctoral Dissertation Research: Chiles and Forest Conservation in the Southern Yucatan

美国-墨西哥博士论文研究：尤卡坦半岛南部的智利和森林保护

基本信息

批准号：
9911911
负责人：
B. Turner
金额：
$ 1万
依托单位：
Clark University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2000
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2000-02-15 至 2001-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9911911&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
U.S.Mexico Doctoral Dissertation Research

项目摘要

9911911TurnerThis U.S.-Mexico award will help to support doctoral dissertation work of Eric Keys in the southern Yucatan under the supervision of Prof. Billie Turner of Clark University. The research will study the expansion of commodity chile peppers production in the southern Yucatan peninsular region of Mexico and the idea that this activity increases small-holder welfare while reducing deforestation within a tropical forest and surrounding biosphere reserve. The study will focus on three elements: the environmental limits on chile peppers cultivation, the economic rewards of chile marketing, and how chile cultivation links to critical agents in development and conservation. The desire to preserve tropical environments and the realization that individuals depend on those environments for livelihood, leads to attempts to link conservation with development. Intensive agriculture is frequently proposed as a strategy that enables farmers to increase their economic welfare and, at the same time, limit the total amount of land cultivated and thus helps to save ecosystems high in biodiversity, carbon-storage potential, or archeological and historical remains. Using diverse methods such as ethnography, surveys, ecological research, and remote sensing, and in collaboration with researchers at the El Colegio de la Frontera Sur-ECOSUR, a Mexican research institute for southern border environmental research, this study will increase our understanding of conservation and development strategies.***

9911911Turner这项美国-墨西哥奖将帮助支持Eric Keys在Clark大学Billie Turner教授的指导下在尤卡坦南部的博士论文工作。该研究将研究墨西哥尤卡坦半岛南部地区商品辣椒生产的扩大，以及这一活动在减少热带森林和周围生物圈保护区内森林砍伐的同时增加小农福利的想法。这项研究将集中在三个方面：辣椒种植的环境限制，辣椒营销的经济回报，以及辣椒种植如何与发展和保护中的关键因素联系起来。保护热带环境的愿望和认识到个人依靠这些环境谋生，导致试图将保护与发展联系起来。集约化农业经常被提出作为一种战略，使农民能够增加他们的经济福利，同时限制耕地总量，从而有助于拯救生物多样性高、碳储存潜力大的生态系统，或考古和历史遗迹。本研究将采用多种方法，如民族志、调查、生态研究和遥感，并与墨西哥南部边境环境研究机构El Colegio de la Frontera Sur-ECOSUR的研究人员合作，增加我们对保护和发展战略的理解