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18.2.2 Institutional Supporting Wildlife Management Units
From the provisions of Mexican law, the WMU are production or display units in a
clearly defined area under any ownership (private, common lands (ejidos), communal, federal, etc.), for the use of specimens, products and sub-products of wildlife
resources and require specific management for its operation in order to contribute to
biodiversity conservation with the requirements of production and economic development of Mexico (CONABIO 2009; DOF 2015b). Basically the establishment of
the WMU is based on the General Law on Wildlife (LGVS) in its Title VII, of the
Sustainable Use of Wildlife, Chapter I concerning the Extractive Use (DOF 2015b).
Under this legal framework, the use of specimens, parts and sub-products of wildlife are allowed through the WMU, because they work as spaces that promote alternative schemes of production compatible with environmental care through the
rational, ordered and planned of the renewable natural resources that are contained,
and which in turn slow down or reverse the processes of environmental degradation.
Thus, the WMU is subjected to compliance of standards established in the LGVS,
their Regulations and the own management program established for it, whose
implementation is within the competence of the SEMARNAT through the General
Direction of Wildlife (SEMARNAT 2014).
18.2.3 Co-management/Participatory Management
Coastal zone communities differ from other non-coastal human settlements, since
the diversification of economic activities, the magnitude, diversity and importance
of natural resources associated with the coastal zone help to shape these communities that have diverse conditions (natural, cultural and socio-economic), which in
turn have a complex and a dynamic nature.
The content of this work is framed from the perspective of co-management or
participatory management, based on identified key factors having relationship with
PVE as a basis for management, harvesting and preservation of C. acutus. The key
factors identified in the area of interest are the government sector, the Ecological
Center Tortugario of Cuyutlan (ECTC) and the concerned community (farmers,
fishermen) which would play a crucial role in the functioning of the ECTC, operated in a participatory manner by the interested parties as partners to achieve that its
use yields a higher socioeconomic benefit with technical and scientific support from
the ECTC. Thus, proper management will depend on the sector’s contribution interested in these productive activities.
Under this projection, the role of the ECTC would be essential due to the fact that
they occupy a position at a primary level in the operation and functioning of the
WMU: (1) from here, it would serve as an advisor or directive of the training on
technical and scientific management concerning the extractive crocodile WMU, the
concerned community, and (2) serve as a commercial manager of products and
O. Cervantes et al.
18.2.2 Institutional Supporting Wildlife Management Units
From the provisions of Mexican law, the WMU are production or display units in a
clearly defined area under any ownership (private, common lands (ejidos), communal, federal, etc.), for the use of specimens, products and sub-products of wildlife
resources and require specific management for its operation in order to contribute to
biodiversity conservation with the requirements of production and economic development of Mexico (CONABIO 2009; DOF 2015b). Basically the establishment of
the WMU is based on the General Law on Wildlife (LGVS) in its Title VII, of the
Sustainable Use of Wildlife, Chapter I concerning the Extractive Use (DOF 2015b).
Under this legal framework, the use of specimens, parts and sub-products of wildlife are allowed through the WMU, because they work as spaces that promote alternative schemes of production compatible with environmental care through the
rational, ordered and planned of the renewable natural resources that are contained,
and which in turn slow down or reverse the processes of environmental degradation.
Thus, the WMU is subjected to compliance of standards established in the LGVS,
their Regulations and the own management program established for it, whose
implementation is within the competence of the SEMARNAT through the General
Direction of Wildlife (SEMARNAT 2014).
18.2.3 Co-management/Participatory Management
Coastal zone communities differ from other non-coastal human settlements, since
the diversification of economic activities, the magnitude, diversity and importance
of natural resources associated with the coastal zone help to shape these communities that have diverse conditions (natural, cultural and socio-economic), which in
turn have a complex and a dynamic nature.
The content of this work is framed from the perspective of co-management or
participatory management, based on identified key factors having relationship with
PVE as a basis for management, harvesting and preservation of C. acutus. The key
factors identified in the area of interest are the government sector, the Ecological
Center Tortugario of Cuyutlan (ECTC) and the concerned community (farmers,
fishermen) which would play a crucial role in the functioning of the ECTC, operated in a participatory manner by the interested parties as partners to achieve that its
use yields a higher socioeconomic benefit with technical and scientific support from
the ECTC. Thus, proper management will depend on the sector’s contribution interested in these productive activities.
Under this projection, the role of the ECTC would be essential due to the fact that
they occupy a position at a primary level in the operation and functioning of the
WMU: (1) from here, it would serve as an advisor or directive of the training on
technical and scientific management concerning the extractive crocodile WMU, the
concerned community, and (2) serve as a commercial manager of products and
O. Cervantes et al.