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S. Lucatello et al. (eds.), Stewardship of Future Drylands and Climate
Change in the Global South, Springer Climate,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22464-6_10
Chapter 10
Conservation and Development
in the Biosphere Reserve of Mapimí:
A Transdisciplinary and Participatory
Project to Understand Climate Change
Adaptation
N. Martínez-Tagüeña, E. Huber-Sannwald, R. I. Mata Páez,
V. M. Reyes Gómez, C. Villarreal Wislar, R. Cázares Reyes,
J. Urquidi Macías, and J. J. López Pardo
Abstract Mexican drylands cover over 50% of its territory. They are important
socio-ecological systems (SES), like rangelands that are vital, both for the conservation of multifunctional landscapes and for human development. The
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Mapimí (BRM) is a dryland SES that harbors an
extraordinarily high level of endemism in almost all biotic kingdoms and historically holds evidence of various mobile indigenous groups; later it became an
important livestock production center. Thus, the BRM has been affected by land
N. Martínez-Tagüeña
Cátedra CONACYT, Consortium for Research, Innovation and Development
of Drylands, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica,
San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
E. Huber-Sannwald (*)
División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y
Tecnológica, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
e-mail: ehs@ipicyt.edu.mx
R. I. Mata Páez · J. J. López Pardo
Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C., San Luis Potosí, Mexico
V. M. Reyes Gómez
Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Chihuahua, Mexico
C. Villarreal Wislar
Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Torreón, Mexico
R. Cázares Reyes · J. Urquidi Macías
Ejidatario de La Soledad, Reserva de la Biósfera de Mapimí, Mapimi, Mexico
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
S. Lucatello et al. (eds.), Stewardship of Future Drylands and Climate
Change in the Global South, Springer Climate,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22464-6_10
Chapter 10
Conservation and Development
in the Biosphere Reserve of Mapimí:
A Transdisciplinary and Participatory
Project to Understand Climate Change
Adaptation
N. Martínez-Tagüeña, E. Huber-Sannwald, R. I. Mata Páez,
V. M. Reyes Gómez, C. Villarreal Wislar, R. Cázares Reyes,
J. Urquidi Macías, and J. J. López Pardo
Abstract Mexican drylands cover over 50% of its territory. They are important
socio-ecological systems (SES), like rangelands that are vital, both for the conservation of multifunctional landscapes and for human development. The
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Mapimí (BRM) is a dryland SES that harbors an
extraordinarily high level of endemism in almost all biotic kingdoms and historically holds evidence of various mobile indigenous groups; later it became an
important livestock production center. Thus, the BRM has been affected by land
N. Martínez-Tagüeña
Cátedra CONACYT, Consortium for Research, Innovation and Development
of Drylands, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica,
San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
E. Huber-Sannwald (*)
División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y
Tecnológica, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
e-mail: ehs@ipicyt.edu.mx
R. I. Mata Páez · J. J. López Pardo
Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C., San Luis Potosí, Mexico
V. M. Reyes Gómez
Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Chihuahua, Mexico
C. Villarreal Wislar
Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Torreón, Mexico
R. Cázares Reyes · J. Urquidi Macías
Ejidatario de La Soledad, Reserva de la Biósfera de Mapimí, Mapimi, Mexico