Making global initiatives local realities: carbon mitigation projects in Chiapas,Mexico |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Forest Resource and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Ave. No., St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA;2. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chiapas, Mexico;1. Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA;2. Materials Science Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA;3. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Piauí, CEP 64049-550, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil;1. State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China;2. Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100094, China |
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| Abstract: | Global, environmental initiatives create macro-level agreements, but the true test is how local communities respond. From 1995 to 2001, we investigated the evolution of Fondo Bioclimatico, a carbon mitigation project, using interviews and document review. Even under tremendous uncertainty the project grew seven-fold. Its social structure shifted from a development emphasis to a brokering relationship, from shared to concentrated power, from social fund to carbon bank. Social selection of systems with fewer tree species and single ecosystems is a concern for biodiversity. The challenge is to remain critical, monitor, and support indigenous communities in their endeavor to implement clean development mechanism projects. |
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