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Integración de la Ciencia y la Conservación Basada en la Comunidad en las Tierras de la Frontera Entre México y Estados Unidos
Author(s) -
Curtin Charles G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00165.x
Subject(s) - face (sociological concept) , environmental resource management , geography , conservation science , foundation (evidence) , political science , environmental planning , ecology , environmental ethics , ecosystem , sociology , environmental science , archaeology , social science , biology , philosophy
Ranchers, conservationists, and researchers in the Mexico–United States borderlands have implemented a community‐based conservation program that relies on monitoring and peer‐reviewed science. Their collaboration with the Malpai Borderlands Group supports large‐scale, long‐term studies, but—perhaps more importantly—it helps assure that science effectively addresses local concerns. Conservation programs are organized around understanding and maintaining the processes that sustain arid landscapes, including fire and herbivory (by both cattle and native species), and understanding how they interact with climate. Sustaining ecosystem processes in the face of climatic variability requires a sound foundation of monitoring and research and a good working relationship between people and organizations with diverse goals and interests. This collaboration between ranching, research, and conservation communities demonstrates that these groups, working together for mutual benefit, can reach scientific and conservation goals unobtainable by any one group on its own.