Rights, Resources, Culture, and Conservation in the Land of the Maya

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• Rights, Resources, Culture, and Conservation in the Land of the Maya i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Foreword - Living in a Mayan World vii
• Preface - Perspectives Evolving from and with Mary Lindsay Elmendorf's Work in Maya Communities of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula xiii
• Acknowledgments xxi
• 1 - Introduction: An Environmental and Cultural History of Maya Communities in the Yucatan Peninsula 1
• 2 - Working with Peoples and Places through Action: a History of the Participatory Research of Mary Lindsay Elmendorf 31
• 3 - The Many Worlds of Mayan Women 39
• 4 - Shifts of Strategies and Focus of the Conservation Efforts of Pronatura on the Yucatan Peninsula: a Personal History 79
• 5 - Population and Land Use: An Essential Link for Conservation in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 95
• 6 - Valuing the Maya Forests 117
• 7 - The End of Innocence in a Modernizing Maya Community: [There Is No More Timber; Let's Sell the Land!] 131
• 8 - Economic, Political, and Environmental Changes in a Yucatec Maya Village 163
• 9 - The Landscape of Santa Rita Komchen: the Role of Metaphor in the Ecological History of a Yucatecan Rural Estate 175
• 10 - The Transformation of [Paradise]: Deep, Social, and Political Ecology among the Yucatec Maya of Cobá, Quintana Roo, Mexico—A Dialogical Approach 191

• Rights, Resources, Culture, and Conservation in the Land of the Maya i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Foreword - Living in a Mayan World vii
• Preface - Perspectives Evolving from and with Mary Lindsay Elmendorf's Work in Maya Communities of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula xiii
• Acknowledgments xxi
• 1 - Introduction: An Environmental and Cultural History of Maya Communities in the Yucatan Peninsula 1
• 2 - Working with Peoples and Places through Action: a History of the Participatory Research of Mary Lindsay Elmendorf 31
• 3 - The Many Worlds of Mayan Women 39
• 4 - Shifts of Strategies and Focus of the Conservation Efforts of Pronatura on the Yucatan Peninsula: a Personal History 79
• 5 - Population and Land Use: An Essential Link for Conservation in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 95
• 6 - Valuing the Maya Forests 117
• 7 - The End of Innocence in a Modernizing Maya Community: [There Is No More Timber; Let's Sell the Land!] 131
• 8 - Economic, Political, and Environmental Changes in a Yucatec Maya Village 163
• 9 - The Landscape of Santa Rita Komchen: the Role of Metaphor in the Ecological History of a Yucatecan Rural Estate 175
• 10 - The Transformation of [Paradise]: Deep, Social, and Political Ecology among the Yucatec Maya of Cobá, Quintana Roo, Mexico—A Dialogical Approach 191
• 11 - Women's Human Rights Issues among the Maya 205
• 12 - The [Yucatan Syndrome]: Its Relevance to Biological Conservation and Anthropological Activities 225
• 13 - Conclusion: Reflections on Rights, Resources, and Responsibilities in Participatory Research 255
• Index 277
• About the Contributors 295