Group description
The Maya Forest (Hanna Laako)
The project explores conservation politics in international borderlands. It researches the developments, dynamics and challanges related to conservation politics in international borderlands particularly as part of the global strategy of transboundary conservation.
The project is focused on the case of the Maya Forest. The Maya Forest is geographical term developed by scholars and conservationists to refer to the tropical “Mayan” forests located in the borderlands of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Nowadays it is also defined as a biodiversity hotspot.
The project is funded by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT 2019-2020) and the Finnish Kone Foundation (2020-2024).
News
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Political Forests - the Maya Forest Project Website
Political Forests - the Maya Forest Project Website
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Other group members
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Dora Elia Ramos Muñoz, el Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
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Esmeralda Pliego Alvarado, el Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS)
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Beula Márquez, el Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
Others
Publications
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Between colonising waters and extracting forest fronts: Entangled eco-frontiers in the Usumacinta River Basin
Laako, Hanna; Kauffer, Edith. 2022. Political geography. 96: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Conservation in the Frontier: Negotiating Ownerships of Nature at the Southern Mexican Border
Laako, Hanna; Kauffer, Edith. 2021. Journal of Latin American geography. 20: 40-69 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research