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18.4 Conclusions
The WMU is a policy instrument that needs to be continuously strengthened and
adapted to social changes to show that the provisions of the LGEEPA and its environmental policy instruments have achieved their goal as promoters and support for
the conservation and community development in the socio-environmental area in a
win-win scheme based on the functioning of ecosystems (ecosystem-based
management).
The expansion of the WMU is an area of opportunity to be implemented as an
alternative project for the sustainable use of C. acutus present in the PVE and it can
be used as a strategy for developing rural tourism in the PVE, and be replicated in
other Mexican coastal systems. Additionally, in itself it represents an opportunity to
reconcile human activities with the environment, as it ensures sustainability conditions in the short, medium and long term and is the guarantor of the environment
preservation.
The legal status of the susceptible species to be commercially exploited must be
modified and applied, since the current economic situation and employment
demands it and, it has been recognized and integrated into the different schemes of
public policy but timidly executed. Only with proactive and reliable implementation
of these policies, it will be adopted consequently as an option for community development. Other productive projects (observation and wildlife photography) as sustainable development alternatives could be explored in the short and long term, with
a preliminary analysis of the inherent factors to ensure the functional integrity of the
ecosystem.
Acknowledgments This work is the second part of the J. Refugio Anguiano-Cuevas Master thesis (Master of Marine Sciences), Faculty of Marine Sciences, University of Colima. We thank the
support given by scholarship of CONACyT during the postgraduate studies. Appreciation given to
cartographer Msc Teresa Martínez UCOL.
References
Ahumada-Cervantes B, Pelayo-Torres M, Arano-Castañón A (2012) Sustentabilidad ambiental,
del concepto a la práctica. Una oportunidad para la implementación de la evaluación ambiental
estratégica en México. Gest Polít Públicas 21(2):291–332
Alves G, Flores-Montes M, Gaspar F, Gomes J, Feitosa F (2013) Eutrophication and water quality
in a tropical Brazilian estuary. J Coast Res Res (Special Issue No. 65): 7–12
Anguiano-Cuevas J, Olivos-Ortiz A, Cervantes-Rosas O, Azuz-Adeath I, Ramírez-Álvarez N,
Rivera-Rodríguez M (2015) Evaluation of trophic state in the Palo Verde estuary (Colima,
México), action to regulating agricultural activities. J Integr Coast Zone Manag 15(4):507–522.
doi:10.5894/rgci582
Azuz-Adeath I (2008) Infraestructura y desarrollo sustentable. Una visión centrada en la zona
costera. S, G editores SA de CV, Ensenada
18 Implementation of a Wildlife Management Unit as a Sustainable Support Measure…
18.4 Conclusions
The WMU is a policy instrument that needs to be continuously strengthened and
adapted to social changes to show that the provisions of the LGEEPA and its environmental policy instruments have achieved their goal as promoters and support for
the conservation and community development in the socio-environmental area in a
win-win scheme based on the functioning of ecosystems (ecosystem-based
management).
The expansion of the WMU is an area of opportunity to be implemented as an
alternative project for the sustainable use of C. acutus present in the PVE and it can
be used as a strategy for developing rural tourism in the PVE, and be replicated in
other Mexican coastal systems. Additionally, in itself it represents an opportunity to
reconcile human activities with the environment, as it ensures sustainability conditions in the short, medium and long term and is the guarantor of the environment
preservation.
The legal status of the susceptible species to be commercially exploited must be
modified and applied, since the current economic situation and employment
demands it and, it has been recognized and integrated into the different schemes of
public policy but timidly executed. Only with proactive and reliable implementation
of these policies, it will be adopted consequently as an option for community development. Other productive projects (observation and wildlife photography) as sustainable development alternatives could be explored in the short and long term, with
a preliminary analysis of the inherent factors to ensure the functional integrity of the
ecosystem.
Acknowledgments This work is the second part of the J. Refugio Anguiano-Cuevas Master thesis (Master of Marine Sciences), Faculty of Marine Sciences, University of Colima. We thank the
support given by scholarship of CONACyT during the postgraduate studies. Appreciation given to
cartographer Msc Teresa Martínez UCOL.
References
Ahumada-Cervantes B, Pelayo-Torres M, Arano-Castañón A (2012) Sustentabilidad ambiental,
del concepto a la práctica. Una oportunidad para la implementación de la evaluación ambiental
estratégica en México. Gest Polít Públicas 21(2):291–332
Alves G, Flores-Montes M, Gaspar F, Gomes J, Feitosa F (2013) Eutrophication and water quality
in a tropical Brazilian estuary. J Coast Res Res (Special Issue No. 65): 7–12
Anguiano-Cuevas J, Olivos-Ortiz A, Cervantes-Rosas O, Azuz-Adeath I, Ramírez-Álvarez N,
Rivera-Rodríguez M (2015) Evaluation of trophic state in the Palo Verde estuary (Colima,
México), action to regulating agricultural activities. J Integr Coast Zone Manag 15(4):507–522.
doi:10.5894/rgci582
Azuz-Adeath I (2008) Infraestructura y desarrollo sustentable. Una visión centrada en la zona
costera. S, G editores SA de CV, Ensenada
18 Implementation of a Wildlife Management Unit as a Sustainable Support Measure…