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Back to the Forest: Exploring Forest Transitions in Candelaria Loxicha, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2022

Muriel Aguilar-St⊘en ,
Arild Angelsen  and
Stein R. Moe
Muriel Aguilar-St⊘en
Affiliation:
University of Oslo
Arild Angelsen
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Stein R. Moe
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Declining profitability of agriculture and/or higher prices of forest products and services typically drive an increase in forest cover. This article examines changes in forest cover in Candelaria Loxicha, Mexico. Forest cover increased in the area as a result of coffee cultivation in coffee forest-garden systems. Dependence on forest products and services, and not prices of forest products, drive the process in our study site. Low international coffee prices and high labor demand outside the community might pull farmers out of agriculture, but they do not completely abandon the lands. A diversification in income sources prevents land abandonment and contributes to maintaining rural populations and coffee forest gardens.

Resumen

Resumen

Un incremento en la cobertura forestal es típicamente consecuencia de la disminución en la rentabilidad de la agricultura o del incremento en el precio de los productos y servicios forestales. Este artículo examina cambios en la cobertura forestal en Candelaria Loxicha, México. La cobertura forestal aumentó en el área como resultado del cultivo del café en sistemas de bosque-café. La dependencia de los productos y servicios forestales, y no el precio de los productos forestales, fue determinante en el proceso que se ha llevado a cabo en nuestro sitio de estudio. Los bajos precios en el mercado internacional del café y la alta demanda de mano de obra fuera de la comunidad podrían alejar a los campesinos de la agricultura, pero el trabajo agrícola no ha sido completamente abandonado. La diversificación en las fuentes de ingreso previene el abandono de las tierras y contribuye al mantenimiento de la población rural y de los sistemas de bosque-café.

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Research Article
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , 2011 , pp. 194 - 216
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Copyright ©2011 by the Latin American Studies Association

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