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| Brief description |
As from August 2001, there have been agreements between the Forest National Committee and the Environment and National Resources Secretariat, in concordance with ECOSUR in order to carry out the Forest Health Program, through the project of forest ecology. From then onwards there have been activities of localization of areas infested with forest pests, the most important one being the decorticator (Dendroctonus frontalis), which affects the species Pinus oocarpa and Pinus maximinoi (Altuzar 2002). Later, in different periods and through different projects, the installation of traps in different spots over the area was carried out, as part of a monitoring system. These traps aim at observing the response that decorticators and natural enemies present to synthetic pheromones. The Region participates as member of the Regional Operating Centre, located in Comitán, joining the Working Program of the centre for the protection against forest fires. They take actions of physical protection, such as the building of fire-blocking breaches, restoration of pathways and removal of fuels, sectioning and dispersion of fuels. For this kind of activities, there is a generation of Projects of Temporary Employment Programs (PET) and of Sustainable Regional Development (PRODERS). The Campaign for Pride integrates environmental education activities with a phase aimed at the prevention of forest fires and its target public involves both infants and adult population. With reference to coordination, we take into consideration the collaboration with Guatemala for the prevention and control of forest fires, all this stated in the memorandum of understanding settled among Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. |
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| Specific variables... | ||||
| Abiotic | Climate, contaminants, erosion, geomorphology, groundwater, habitat, hydrology, monitoring/methodologies, nutrients, siltation/sedimentation. | |||
| Biodiversity | Alien/Invasive/Exotic/Introduced species, amphibians, autoecology/synecology, biodiversity, biology, birds, community studies/communities, conservation, degraded areas, ecosystem assessment, endemic species, fauna, fires/fire ecology, fishes, flora, forest systems, freshwater/inland water, genetic resources, indicators, invertebrates/insects/spiders, lagoon systems, lichens, mammals, migrating populations/migration, modelling, monitoring/methodologies, natural resources, perturbations/resilience/vulnerability, phenology, plants, productivity, rare/endangered/threatened species, reintroduction, reptiles, restoration/rehabilitation/redevelopment, species inventorying/inventory, taxonomy, temperate forest, vegetation studies/plant cover, wetlands, wildlife. | |||
| Socio-economic | Agriculture/Production systems, agroforestry, aquaculture/mariculture, capacity building, cottage industry/artisanal industry, cultural aspects, economic studies, economically important species, energy production systems/alternative energy, fishery/fisheries, forestry, indicators, indicators of sustainability, livestock and related impacts/overgrazing, local participation, modelling, natural hazards, poverty, recreation, resource use, role of women/gender, social/socio-economic aspects, tourism, traditional practices/ethnology/traditional knowledge, transport. | |||
| Integrated monitoring | Biogeochemistry, carrying capacity/sustainability, conflict, education and public awareness, environmental change, environmental quality, geographic information system/gis, infrastructure, institutional and legal aspects, interdisciplinary studies, land tenure, land use/land cover, mapping, monitoring/methodologies, planning and zoning measures/zonation, remote sensing, sustainable development/sustainable use. | |||
| Last updated: 7/22/2009 |
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