Claudia I. Camacho Benavides

Metropolitan Autonomous University | UAM · Departamento de Producción Económica

This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced by critical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South. We argue that despite the historical and structural limitations, the critical juncture of convergence of crises and renewed interest in agrarian political economies offers an opportunity for fostering a diverse research agenda that...

This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced by critical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South. We argue that despite the historical and structural limitations, the critical juncture of convergence of crises and renewed interest in agrarian political economies offers an opportunity for fostering a diverse research agenda that...

El libro publicado por IRD Éditions, Institut français d'études andine en 2021, es el resultado del coloquio internacional homónimo Patrimonios Alimentarios en América Latina: recursos locales, actores y globalización, llevado a cabo en Quito los días 27 y 28 de octubre de 2016 donde participaron investigadoras, investigadores, representantes de se...

Vinculadas a una sindemia global, en la que se articulan las epidemias de desnutrición, obesidad y transformaciones climáticas, se han ido consolidando desigualdades y vulnerabilidades sociales a lo largo de los años. Intensificadas por la crisis sanitaria derivada del manejo de la Covid-19, estas desigualdades y vulnerabilidades enfatizan por un l...

Los movimientos por la soberanía alimentaria y el escalamiento de la agroecología, son propuestas desde pueblos y comunidades campesinas e indígenas que aportan esperanzadoras alternativas para mejorar la calidad de vida de la población rural y reducir el impacto de la crisis socioambiental y alimentaria. Al llevarse a la práctica y asimilarse como...

El libro-manual que tienes en tus manos recoge los conocimienots, prácticas y tradiciones alimentarias de Chiltoyac, una localidad rural del municipio de Xalapa, Veracruz. El pueblo conserva una rica tradición culinaria, que se nutre de los elementos que le brindan los ecosistemas locales. Aquí encontrarás la importancia de la alimentación desde di...

Atreladas a uma Sindemia Global, na qual articulam-se as epidemias de desnutrição, obesidade e mudanças climáticas, desigualdades e vulnerabilidades de distintas sociedades foram se consolidando ao longo dos anos. Intensificadas pela crise sanitária decorrente da Covid-19, tais desigualdades e vulnerabilidades, por um lado, enfatizam os limites de...

Las infografías aquí presentes tienen un propósito múltiple: Primero, 1) como material didáctico, 2) herramienta pedagógica y 3) vehículo de comunicación en la consulta previa, libre e informada y, finalmente, 4) como vehículo gráfico de apoyo en el diálogo de saberes.

Un ejercicio de conceptualización y definición de varios complejos bioculturales en distintos estados de la República Mexicana. El que se comparte en co-autoría con Gerardo Alatorre y Claudia Isabel Camacho se refiere a tres del estado de Veracruz.

Los complejos bioculturales de Veracruz han florecido a lo largo de la historia, sustentados en una rica diversidad ecosistémica y la presencia no solo de distintos grupos étnicos sino también de poblaciones mestizas con variopintas raíces culturales. Existen importantes gradientes altitudinales y latitudinales, y una relativa abundancia de humedad...

L a etnobiología, ciencia que estudia la relación entre las sociedades humanas y los seres vivos de su ambiente local, es una disciplina híbrida que nace a fines del siglo XIX con la finalidad de realizar inventarios de los recursos bióticos que podrían ser sujetos de explotación en los países emergentes y las colonias dependientes de Europa (Ford,...

This article explores the relationship between institutional funding for research and community-based or co-enquiry research practice. It examines the implementation of co-enquiry research in the COMBIOSERVE project, which was funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme for research and innovation, between the years 2012 and 201...

Much of the world's biodiversity is found in areas of human settlement, where people are highly dependent on natural resources for their subsistence. In 1995, more than one billion people were living in 25 biodiversity hotspots of priority for conservation. However, the global tendency has been for official biodiversity conservation measures (i.e.,...

This book provides an in-depth analysis on community conservation in Mexico. The volume explores vivid examples and case studies that illustrate some of the critical issues at stake, including the participation of local communities in national and global conservation, indigenous and local perceptions of conservation initiatives in Southern Mexico,...

Putting restrictions on the use of indigenous communal lands in the name of market-based conservation may cause community-level conflict over resources, affecting food sovereignty and the transmission of ecological knowledge. We assessed impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and creation of formal Voluntary Conserved Areas (VCAs) on...

Committing indigenous communal lands under market-based conservation paradigms may cause community-level resource-based conflict, affecting food sovereignty and ecological knowledge transmission. We assessed impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) on local diets, agriculture, hunting and livelihoods, in a Chinantec community of souther...

In the context of this session on socio-environmental conflicts in Latin America, we argue that voluntary, global market-based conservation mechanisms such as Payments for Environmental Services (PES) have the potential to cause community-level resource-based conflict, affecting food sovereignty and traditional knowledge transmission. Our contentio...

Se estudió la etnoecología de fauna y cacería en un área de conservación comunitaria. La cacería local fue prohibida en 2004 en apoyo a actividades de conservación. Con el objetivo de evaluar la importancia pasada de la cacería y las consecuencias de su prohibición, entre 2009-2010 se realizó: observación participativa, entrevistas, análisis de reg...

The impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and creation of formal Voluntary Conserved Areas (VCAs) on local diets, agricultural practices, subsistence hunting and livelihoods, were assessed in a Chinantec community of southern Mexico. The community has set aside VCAs covering 4 300 ha of its 5 928 ha of communal lands and forests, and...

As part of a broader project on Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) in Oaxaca, Mexico, we assessed community conservation in two Chinantec communities in the diverse temperate and tropical forests of Usila municipality. Since 2004, over 850 residents of Santiago Tlatepusco and San Pedro Tlatepusco have set aside Voluntary Conserved Are...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the community conservation movement in Oaxaca, a bioculturally diverse state in southern Mexico, with a particular focus on indigenous and community conserved areas (ICCAs) as an emergent designation over the last decade. Design/methodology/approach A survey of indigenous and mestizo community conser...

The present document is the final synthesis report of the project "Recognition and support to Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) in northern Mesoamerica." It summarizes the activities and results that the team of the Mesoamerican Regional Program of the Global Diversity Foundation (GDF-MA) achieved during 2009 and 2010. This report in...

This is the final report of the results obtained from workshops and consultations carried out under the Project “Recognition and support for Indigenous and Community Conservation Areas (ICCAs) in northern Mesoamerica." In this document, details are given of activities carried out during 2009 and 2010 as part of the Regional Programme in Mesoamerica...

International recognition of Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) is leading a resurgence of interest in various modes of community conservation. One prominent concern is the suitability of international agreements and national laws concerning the legal status of ICCAs and how they translate into practice at a local scale. Since 1996, M...