The commoditization of nature in mexican protected natural areas. Case Sierra de Huautla, Morelos

The commodification of nature (MN) is the expression of the penetration of the capitalist model in biodiversity. This essay seeks a contextualization of the Latin American MN and in the protected natural areas (ANP) in Mexico. The analysis focused on the discourse and concept of sustainability, the conservation policy and its implementation from the environmental management units (UMA) in the ANPs. It was found that this business model was successful on private properties and was counterproductive on collective properties. The problem that the ANPs experience with respect to the business model is because they are communities that live in collective properties, the economic income, the environmental impacts and the strict implementation of the laws, affect local actors to a greater extent. It is concluded that the MN can be countered with a bottom-up approach where traditional knowledge is a factor to empower the actors and defend them before other global processes, and revalue hunting as a space for coexistence, reinforcement of cultural identity and obtaining of food and not as a commercial practice, in addition to the use of the silvopastoral system and the use of non-timber forest products.

• Main Author: Cruz Aguilar, Ranulfo (author)
• Other Authors: Cruz León, Artemio (author), Fernández Rebollo, Pilar (author), Uribe Gómez, Miguel (author), Ramírez Valverde, Benito (author), Cuevas Reyes, Venancio (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: sustentabilidad; política de conservación; área natural protegida; agroforestería; agronomía; sustainability; conservation policy; protected natural areas; agroforestry; ethnoagronomy
• Online Access: https://revistasespam.espam.edu.ec/index.php/Revista_ESPAMCIENCIA/article/view/393