Political Landscapes: Forests, Conservation, and Community in Mexico PDF
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POLITICAL LANDSCAPES POLITICAL LANDSCAPES Forests, Conservation, and Community in Mexico CHRISTOPHER R. BOYER DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS Durham & London 2015 © 2015 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper ∞ Typeset in Chaparral Pro by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia Library of Congress Cataloging- in-Publication Data Boyer, Christopher R. (Christopher Robert) Political landscapes : forests, conservation, and community in Mexico / Christopher R. Boyer. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8223-5818-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-8223-5832-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-8223-7587-6 (e-book) 1. Community forests—Mexico. 2. Forest management—Mexico. 3. Forest policy— Mexico. 4. Forest ecology—Mexico. 5. Forest conservation—Mexico. 6. Forests and forestry— Mexico. I. Title. sd569.b694 2015 333.750972—dc23 2014041990 Cover art: Greener, 2014. © Miguel Plata. Image courtesy of the artist. To my mother, who loves the forests A ke kanaia este gringo. Oh, what a scoundrel that gringo is. Iasï k’oru inchakuati Now the people of Pichátaro chartarhuechani. will have his train in their town. isïku undasti trenini korokani He began by laying the rails isïku undasti ixujku jarhani. and it looks like he plans to stay. Juata k’eritu jikimi t’uyini My poor little blue hill, lastima usïya sami. I feel so sorry for you. Xani sesi jaxeka I guess it’s too bad Juata asula jimbokimi ia Santiago Slade Santiago Islei sami kuadraritia liked you so much. —“A ke kanaia este gringo,” a Purépecha folk song (pirekua) from the late nineteenth century CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS xi PREFACE xiii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii INTRODUCTION 1 PART I. THE MAKING OF REVOLUTIONARY FORESTRY 1. Th e Commodifi cation of Nature, 1880– 1910 25 2. Revolution and Regulation, 1910– 1928 60 3. Revolutionary Forestry, 1928– 1942 93 PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT IMPERATIVE 4. Industrial Forests, 1942– 1958 129 5. Th e Ecology of Development, 1952– 1972 167 6. Th e Romance of State Forestry, 1972– 1992 203 CONCLUSION. Slivers of Hope in the Neoliberal Forest 239 APPENDIX 1: Federal Forestry Codes, 1926– 2008 259 APPENDIX 2: uiefs, 1945– 1986 261 NOTES 263 BIBLIOGRAPHY 309 INDEX 327
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