Restoring the environment, revitalizing the culture: cenote conservation in Yucatan, Mexico

Cenotes are sinkholes through which groundwater may be accessed from the Yucatan Peninsula Aquifer. Historically and culturally, cenotes are also important cultural and spiritual natural sites for the Maya, but they have been contaminated and degraded. We ask the following: What are the present-day...

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Main Authors: Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado, Fikret Berkes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2017-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol22/iss4/art7/