Gopar Cruz, Norma Edith

Ponce Calderón, Laura Patricia

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Intercultural Fire Management 97 
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Biodiversidade Brasileira, 10(1): 97, 2020 
 
 
Intercultural Fire Management in the Meseta Comiteca Tojolabal, 
Chiapas, Mexico. 
 
 
 
Laura Ponce Calderón1 e Norma Edith Gopar Cruz1  
 
 
1 El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR). 
E-mails: laponce@ecosur.edu.mx, negopar@ecosur.edu.mx. 
 
 
 
 
 
ABSTRACT – In Mexico, forest fires cause significant losses of natural resources in 
various ecosystems. Chiapas is among the 10 Mexican states with the highest recorded 
number of wildfires on the last decades. The Region “Meseta Comiteca Tojolabal” 
encompasses seven municipalities with an area of 7,243.35 km2, where plateaus, hills, 
and mountains in the northern portion dominate 80% of its terrain. The distribution of 
human settlements is associated to the presence of water sources as streams used for 
irrigated agriculture, livestock, and other uses. Recently, ecotourism has become an 
important income for a significant part of the population. Governmental institutions 
consider the traditional vision of the farmer and his cultivation practices (“swidden”) as 
the main cause of environmental deterioration; such that they have tried to demotivate 
this practice by promoting modernization of agriculture throughout the use of 
technological innovations. The objective of this study is to propose an Intercultural Fire 
Management strategy where communities and governmental institutions responsible for 
wildfire management join efforts and work together in a regional cultural context. The 
methodology consists in a comprehensive analysis of the role that play the actors based 
on the proposal known as “Mapping of Key Actors of Tapella” (2007). The proposal not 
only involves drawing a list of possible actors in a territory, but knowing their actions and 
objectives of why they are in the territory and their perspective in the near future. The 
interviews are complemented with participant observations.  
 
Keywords: Intercultural Management, fire, territory. 


Intercultural Fire Management in the Meseta Comiteca Tojolabal, Chiapas, Mexico.

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