- Yucatan Peninsula Framework Agreement on Sustainability (ASPY) 2030 signed with 2 other Yucatan Peninsula (PY) states (Campeche, Yucatán) to commit to sustainable development practices
- ASPY contested based on lack of consultations with Mayan communities; on legal hold until consultations are carried out
- 64% of jurisdictional territory communally-owned & managed (ejidal land)
- 30+ years of community-based forest management & sustainable timber harvesting
- Only state in PY to enact a State Climate Change Law
- State Investment Program (PI) for national FCPF Carbon Fund Emission Reduction Initiative (IRE) covers 73% of state forest area
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Publication year
2018
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
deforestation, livelihoods, food security, sustainable development, policy, climate change
Geographic
México