Abstract

VELASCO, Ignacio Alonso  and  TORRES, David Velázquez. The geopolitical context of forest exploitation in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Perspectiva Geográfica [online]. 2019, vol.24, n.1, pp.116-137. ISSN 0123-3769.  https://doi.org/10.19053/01233769.8427.

This article reviews the historical framework of logging and the loss of timber wealth and forest cover in relation to a rural settlement process caused by some colonization policies in the Yucatan Peninsula since the 1950s, such as the National Felling Program and some rice, sugar and livestock production projects. Efforts being made to mitigate and even reverse deforestation following international public policies that have been adopted by Mexican authorities are also discussed. This qualitative paper derives from a review of academic and institutional literature. It is concluded that the transition from extractive to sustainable logging is still placed in a context in which geopolitics is a determining factor.

Keywords : forests; climate change; deforestation; wood; Yucatan Peninsula.

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