La dimensión social de la restauración en bosques tropicales secos: diálogo de saberes con la organización no gubernamental Xuajin Me’Phaa en Guerrero

Abstract

Although the degradation of natural ecosystems services affects the whole society, local communities surviving primary activities are the most affected. Because of this, recovery strategies depend on the involvement and active participation of these social groups. The region of La Montaña in Guerrero, has a high degradation level of vegetation and a low quality of health, education and quality of life. In this region, the ngoXuajin Me’Phaa, A. C., was formalized in 2006 and is comprised of about 300 rural producers (124 are active producers of organic Hibiscus sabdariffa flowers). In 2008, the Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research (CRIM in Spanish) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico began working with this cooperative in various pro-jects of local and landscape restoration using the methodology of action research.