Chapter 1
Introduction: Biocultural diversity and the participation of local communities in national and global conservation
Claudia Camacho-Benavides, Luciana Porter-Bolland, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Susannah McCandless
Section I. A general approach to the context of community-based conservation
Chapter 2
Community conservation and ethnoecology: the three dimensions of local-level biodiversity maintenance.
Victor Manuel Toledo Manzur
Chapter 3
Conservation and forest communities in Mexico: Experiences, visions and rights.
Leticia Merino-Perez
Section II. Case studies of community conservation
Chapter 4
Community Conservation Experiences in Three Ejidos of the Lower Balsas River Basin, Michoacan
Andrés Camou-Guerrero, Tamara Ortiz-Avila, Daniel Ortiz-Avila, Jorge Odenthal
Chapter 5
Challenges in ICCA governance: the case of El Cordon del Reten in San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca
Constanza Monterrubio Solís, Helen S. Newing
Chapter 6
Local perceptions of conservation initiatives in the Calakmul region.
Luciana Porter-Bolland, Eduardo García-Frapolli, and María Consuelo Sánchez-González
Chapter 7
Community conservation in Punta Laguna: a case of adaptive ecotourism management.
Eduardo García-Frapolli, Martha Bonilla-Moheno, Gabriel Ramos-Fernández
Section III. Methodological aspects for understanding and strengthening community conservation
Chapter 8
Local participation in community conservation: Methodological contributions.
Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Antonio de la Peña, María Elena Méndez-Lopez, Luciana Porter-Bolland.
Chapter 9
Community-based biodiversity monitoring in Mexico: Current status, challenges and future strategies for collaboration with scientists.
Diana J. Pritchard
Chapter 10
Drawing analysis: tools for understanding children's perceptions of community conservation. Roser Maneja Zaragoza, Diego Varga Linde, Marti Boada Junca,
Chapter 11
Conclusions
Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Susannah McCandless, Luciana Porter-Bolland, Claudia Camacho-Benavides
About the Author: Luciana Porter-Bolland, PhD
Instituto de Ecología A. C., Red de Ecología Funcional, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, PhD
Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Claudia I. Camacho-Benavides, MSc
Global Diversity Foundation, Mesoamerican Regional Program, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Susannah R. McCandless, PhD
Global Diversity Foundation, University of Vermont, Department of Geography, Bristol, VT, USA
