Utilization of agricultural and forestry resources in Central Guatemalan Highlands: a case study
This paper analyses some key findings emerged in the study of the Mayan community of S. José Sinaché, located in the Guatemalan Highlands. The research highlights how colonial and post-colonial legislation influences the actual land tenure and hampers the development of the community. Little land ow...
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doaj-be3cf44edf6e4c21a9b075d1d56d19312020-11-24T22:08:44ZengItalian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry1971-74581971-74582011-11-014124224710.3832/ifor0579-004579Utilization of agricultural and forestry resources in Central Guatemalan Highlands: a case studyFocacci M0Piussi P1Ciampi G2v. Gramsci, 447, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)Department of Land Forest Management, University of Florence, Florence (Italy)Department of Geography, University of Florence, Florence (Italy)This paper analyses some key findings emerged in the study of the Mayan community of S. José Sinaché, located in the Guatemalan Highlands. The research highlights how colonial and post-colonial legislation influences the actual land tenure and hampers the development of the community. Little land ownership together with high demographic growth lead to insufficient crop production. As a consequence, human pressure on S. José forest and seasonal migration to sugar cane plantations of the Pacific Coast is carried out by householders in order to ensure subsistence to their families. A multisectorial approach must be implemented in order to give socio-economical and environmentally sound answers. New cropping and agroforestry techniques have to be coupled with the reformation of land property distribution and the participation of indigenous communities to decisional processes.https://iforest.sisef.org/contents/?id=ifor0579-004GuatemalaLand ManagementDeforestationFarm LabourDecentralization |
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Utilization of agricultural and forestry resources in Central Guatemalan Highlands: a case study |
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Utilization of agricultural and forestry resources in Central Guatemalan Highlands: a case study |
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Utilization of agricultural and forestry resources in Central Guatemalan Highlands: a case study |
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Utilization of agricultural and forestry resources in Central Guatemalan Highlands: a case study |
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Utilization of agricultural and forestry resources in Central Guatemalan Highlands: a case study |
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utilization of agricultural and forestry resources in central guatemalan highlands: a case study |
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Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) |
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1971-7458 1971-7458 |
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This paper analyses some key findings emerged in the study of the Mayan community of S. José Sinaché, located in the Guatemalan Highlands. The research highlights how colonial and post-colonial legislation influences the actual land tenure and hampers the development of the community. Little land ownership together with high demographic growth lead to insufficient crop production. As a consequence, human pressure on S. José forest and seasonal migration to sugar cane plantations of the Pacific Coast is carried out by householders in order to ensure subsistence to their families. A multisectorial approach must be implemented in order to give socio-economical and environmentally sound answers. New cropping and agroforestry techniques have to be coupled with the reformation of land property distribution and the participation of indigenous communities to decisional processes. |
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Guatemala Land Management Deforestation Farm Labour Decentralization |
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