In the “La Montaña” region of Guerrero, Mexico, despite being a predominantly rural region, the conditions are unfavorable for agriculture due to steep slopes and highly seasonal climate. There is also severe degradation of natural resources. One of the ethnic groups inhabiting this region is a pre-Columbian group known as the Me’phaa. This social group has no access to health services, schools, paved roads, telecommunications, or electricity, and their situation has been exacerbated by the recent increase in militarization, social conflict, and violence. However, in this region, the indigenous nongovernmental organization Xuajin Me’Phaa has been working since February 2006 with relative success. In this chapter, we present the steps of participatory action research (PAR) carried out by our research group from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in two different dimensions: social and ecological.
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Ceccon, E. (2020). Productive restoration as a tool for socioecological landscape conservation: the case of “La Montaña” in Guerrero, Mexico. En: Baldauf, C. (Ed.). Participatory biodiversity conservation: concepts, experiences, and perspectives. Springer