Article
Comunidad, estado y naturaleza: La ecología política del manejo colaborativo de bosques
Revista de Ciencias Sociales
(2009)
Abstract
Collaborative management, or co-management, of forests has increasingly become an alternative to traditional state management. Utilizing a Political Ecology perspective, this article highlights the con ictive dynamic between the state and community grassroots organizations about their perceptions and understandings about the meanings, objectives, goals, and politics of co-management. It is argued that forest co-management is primarily a social relation mediated by power relations and social nature, in which priority is given to scientific knowledge and Western rationality over what it means local groups. The article also analyzes the discursive strategies used by local groups to defend their management views. Finally, using a Puerto Rican case study, the article discusses which strategies and discourses have been effective and ineffective in the implementation of co-management.
Keywords
- political ecology,
- co-management,
- community participation,
- forest management
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Citation Information
Jose E. Martinez-Reyes. "Comunidad, estado y naturaleza: La ecología política del manejo colaborativo de bosques" Revista de Ciencias Sociales Vol. 20 (2009) p. 128 - 55 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jose_martinez-reyes/9/