Doctoral Dissertation Research: Comparative Land Tenure Conflicts in the Mayan Tropics

这项博士论文研究完成了一项关于伯利兹、危地马拉和墨西哥热带土地冲突的跨国比较研究，考察了政府机构适用于热带森林保护和玛雅习俗的土地政策。该研究区分了国家土地保有权制度和土著土地保有权制度及其承受的社会压力。了解土地保有权冲突、族裔活力和环境因素之间的联系有助于各国政府选择具体的养护管理形式。调查将在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的土地保有权中心图书馆进行两周，然后在墨西哥的伯利兹和危地马拉四个州进行为期六个月的实地调查。这项研究包括访谈、历史文献和墨西哥和危地马拉的案例研究进展。受访者将包括来自各国政府、地方办事处、非政府组织、社会政治组织以及农民、自然资源工作者和土著领袖的代表。历史和法律研究将在墨西哥热带四个州的大学和伯利兹的档案馆进行，完成之前15个月的实地调查。

This doctoral dissertation research completes a cross-national comparative study of tropical land conflicts in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico, examining land policies by governmental institutions as they apply to tropical forest conservation and Mayan customary practices. The study differentiates national and indigenous land tenure systems and the social pressures bearing on them. Knowledge of the linkages between land tenure conflicts, ethnic vitality and environmental factors inform the particular forms of conservation management chosen by individual governments. Two weeks will be spent at the Land Tenure Center Library at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, followed by a six month field investigation in four Mexican states, Belize and Guatemala. The research consists of interviews, historical documentation, and the development of case studies in Mexico and Guatemala. Interviewees will include representatives from national governments, local offices, non-governmental organizations, socio-political organizations, and individuals operating as farmers, natural resource workers, and indigenous leaders. Historical and legal research will occur at universities in four tropical Mexican states and at archives in Belize, completing fifteen months of previous field investigation.