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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
C.W. Finkl, C. Makowski (eds.), Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation,
Coastal Research Library 21, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56179-0_18
Chapter 18
Implementation of a Wildlife Management
Unit as a Sustainable Support Measure Within
the Palo Verde Estuary, Mexico: Example
of the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
Omar Cervantes, Aramis Olivos-Ortiz, Refugio Anguiano-Cuevas,
Concepción Contreras, and Juan Carlos Chávez-Comparan
Abstract It is recognized that pollution, fragmentation of ecosystems and habitat
destruction due to human activities, make necessary the sustainable use of natural
resources ensuring a balanced development with legal certainty by alternatives that
promote the protection, preservation and proper use of natural resources. Mexico is
not the exception, the Palo Verde Estuary is a RAMSAR site that supports various
socio-economic activities, and has a tendency towards deterioration. It has been the
focus of many environmental studies. This paper describes the implementation of a
Wildlife Management Unit for sustainable commercial harvesting of crocodile
Crocodylus acutus as an alternative project in the site known as Ecological Center
Tortugario of Cuyutlan. Thus, providing a standard for integrating an economic
aspect to biodiversity and ecosystem protection in the decision making process.
Finally, an analysis is made from the perspective of conceptual framework
Driving Forces-Pressure-State-Impact-Response where the institutional context and
O. Cervantes (*) • J.C. Chávez-Comparan
Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad de Colima,
Campus El Naranjo. Carretera Manzanillo-Barra de Navidad Km 20. Col. El Naranjo,
C.P. 28860 Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
e-mail: omar_cervantes@ucol.mx
A. Olivos-Ortiz
Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad de Colima,
Campus El Naranjo. Carretera Manzanillo-Barra de Navidad Km 20. Col. El Naranjo,
C.P. 28860 Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
R. Anguiano-Cuevas
Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos del Mar,
No. 12. Av. Ing. Armando Ochoa Sánchez s/n, Col. Ejido de 3. AP 82, C.P. 28200 Manzanillo,
Colima, Mexico
C. Contreras
Consultoría ambiental: DAT Derecho, Ambiente y Territorio Consultores,
S.C. Av. Río Mixcoac, Número 36, Piso 5, Despacho 501-A, Colonia Actopan, Del. Benito
Juárez, Ciudad de México, D.F. C. P. 03230, Mexico
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
C.W. Finkl, C. Makowski (eds.), Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation,
Coastal Research Library 21, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56179-0_18
Chapter 18
Implementation of a Wildlife Management
Unit as a Sustainable Support Measure Within
the Palo Verde Estuary, Mexico: Example
of the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
Omar Cervantes, Aramis Olivos-Ortiz, Refugio Anguiano-Cuevas,
Concepción Contreras, and Juan Carlos Chávez-Comparan
Abstract It is recognized that pollution, fragmentation of ecosystems and habitat
destruction due to human activities, make necessary the sustainable use of natural
resources ensuring a balanced development with legal certainty by alternatives that
promote the protection, preservation and proper use of natural resources. Mexico is
not the exception, the Palo Verde Estuary is a RAMSAR site that supports various
socio-economic activities, and has a tendency towards deterioration. It has been the
focus of many environmental studies. This paper describes the implementation of a
Wildlife Management Unit for sustainable commercial harvesting of crocodile
Crocodylus acutus as an alternative project in the site known as Ecological Center
Tortugario of Cuyutlan. Thus, providing a standard for integrating an economic
aspect to biodiversity and ecosystem protection in the decision making process.
Finally, an analysis is made from the perspective of conceptual framework
Driving Forces-Pressure-State-Impact-Response where the institutional context and
O. Cervantes (*) • J.C. Chávez-Comparan
Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad de Colima,
Campus El Naranjo. Carretera Manzanillo-Barra de Navidad Km 20. Col. El Naranjo,
C.P. 28860 Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
e-mail: omar_cervantes@ucol.mx
A. Olivos-Ortiz
Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad de Colima,
Campus El Naranjo. Carretera Manzanillo-Barra de Navidad Km 20. Col. El Naranjo,
C.P. 28860 Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
R. Anguiano-Cuevas
Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos del Mar,
No. 12. Av. Ing. Armando Ochoa Sánchez s/n, Col. Ejido de 3. AP 82, C.P. 28200 Manzanillo,
Colima, Mexico
C. Contreras
Consultoría ambiental: DAT Derecho, Ambiente y Territorio Consultores,
S.C. Av. Río Mixcoac, Número 36, Piso 5, Despacho 501-A, Colonia Actopan, Del. Benito
Juárez, Ciudad de México, D.F. C. P. 03230, Mexico