Transdiciplina y sustentabilidad maya

Global concern for the conservation of biodiversity and a rising regional necessity for increased food production have both centered on the concept of sustainability as an investigatory perspective. This article reports on the findings of a research team of biologists, agronomists and anthropologists who generated basic information about the use of natural resources by the Mayan people of Central Quintan Roo, Mexico as well as their social processes involved and their design and proof of technical options. Interdisciplinarity and peasant participation were the components of this transdisciplinary research project that was conducted in three Mayan communities: Xhazil, Chancah Veracruz and Uh May.A través de un enfoque transdiciplinario se realizó una investigación acerca de la sustentabilidad como opción a la conservación de la biodiversidad y a la creciente necesidad regional por aumentar la producción de alimentos. Este estudio se realizó específicamente en las comunidades mayas de Xhazil, Chancah Veracruz y Uh May, pertenecientes al ejido Xhazil y anexos en el centro de Quintana Roo