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In this research is analyzed the pertinence of applying the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) methodology in order to reduce the vulnerability to land sliding and flooding in the Sierra Madre of Chiapas watersheds in Mexico. The costeral Chiapas watersheds are characterized by their pronounced topography, presence of extreme rainfall and poverty which make them very vulnerable to extreme hydrometeorological events. In the last years, these events have occurred with more frequency and intensity in the region. In this way, the hydrology-forestry recovery practices, as the conservation and management of soil and water that are performed in each crop system and watershed parcel, allow not just the control in situ of water erosion but the storage of water in the soil and a better infiltration that improve significantly the rainfall-runoff relationship to produced land sliding and flooding to start a territorial watershed development to decrease the watershed vulnerability to these disasters. Additional key words: Vulnerability, Landslide and Flooding, watershed, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Chiapas. doi: 10.5154/r.inagbi.2010.05.006 INTRODUCCIÓN En los últimos años, el cambio climático global y el deterioro ambiental han provocado perturbaciones significativas en el régimen hidrológico regional de Mesoamérica tropical que han provocado desastres naturales asociados al agua (Kabat y Schik, 2003). En Chiapas, uno de los estados con mayor vulnerabilidad física y social frente a eventos climáticos, los fenómenos hidrometeorológicos como las lluvias extremas e inundaciones, se han presentado con mayor frecuencia e intensidad en los últimos años (Greenpeace, 2006; Oswald y Hernández, 2005; Carabias et al. 2005). En la Sierra Madre de Chiapas, y particularmente en la región del Soconusco, los impactos ambientales, económicos y sociales de estos eventos hidrometeorológicos han provocado severos daños a la agricultura, los ecosistemas y la disponibilidad de recursos hídricos, particularmente vulnerables a las condiciones extremas de clima (Magaña y Méndez, 2002; Arellano, 2005).

INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE THE VULNERABILITY TO LAND SLIDING AND FLOODING IN THE SIERRA MADRE OF CHIAPAS WATERSHEDS