Forestería comunitaria y desarrollo de instituciones locales: el caso de la Comunidad Agraria Teopisca

This study analyses, from an institutional point of view, the process of local management regarding forest usage in comunidad agraria Teopisca, Chiapas, Mexico. We have found that, the agricultural workers have been successful in developing efficient local institutions to manage the usage and access to the forest. Similarly, we have also detected that those areas of the forest that are under more control and managed by the members of the community have more species whose wood has higher value in the marketplace.