Search Results - "Schmook, B."

Governing intensification: the influence of state institutions on smallholder farming strategies in Calakmul, Mexico by Dobler-Morales, Carlos, Roy Chowdhury, R., Schmook, B.

“…In forest frontiers, smallholder agrarian livelihoods remain uneasily juxtaposed with conservation interests. Agricultural intensification is often considered…”
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Is There a Continuing Rationale for Swidden Cultivation in the 21st Century? by Van Vliet, N., Mertz, O., Birch-Thomsen, T., Schmook, B.

“…Issue Title: Swidden Agriculture…”
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Land system science and the social–environmental system: the case of Southern Yucatán Peninsular Region (SYPR) project by Turner, BL, Geoghegan, J, Lawrence, D, Radel, C, Schmook, B, Vance, C, Manson, S, Keys, E, Foster, D, Klepeis, P, Vester, H, Rogan, J, Roy Chowdhury, R, Schneider, L, Dickson, R, Ogenva-Himmelberger, Y

“…•The complexity of land system science requires integrated, team-based research.•The SYPR project examined a forest frontier with a biosphere reserve in…”
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Smallholders' adaptations to droughts and climatic variability in southeastern Mexico by Mardero, S., Schmook, B., Radel, C., Christman, Z., Lawrence, D., Millones, M., Nickl, E., Rogan, J., Schneider, L.

“…This study explores the temporal and spatial variability and change in rainfall across southeastern Mexico and the mechanisms by which smallholder farmers…”
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Drivers of mangrove deforestation in Mahahual-Xcalak, Quintana Roo, southeast Mexico by Hirales-Cota, M, Espinoza-Avalos, J, Schmook, B, Ruiz-Luna, A, Ramos-Reyes, R

“…Mangroves occur in coastal areas and are therefore vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance and exhibit high rates of deforestation. Mexico is among the…”
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Edible provenances of Jatropha curcas from Quintana Roo state of Mexico and effect of roasting on antinutrient and toxic factors in seeds by Makkar, H.P.S. (Hohenheim Univ., Stuttgart (Germany). Inst. for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics), Becker, K, Schmook, B

“…Seven seed samples of J. curcas, both in raw and roasted state, sold in some villages in Quintana Roo state, Mexico for human consumption were analyzed for…”
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Trends, drivers and impacts of changes in swidden cultivation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers: A global assessment by van Vliet, Nathalie, Mertz, Ole, Heinimann, Andreas, Langanke, Tobias, Pascual, Unai, Schmook, Birgit, Adams, Cristina, Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich, Messerli, Peter, Leisz, Stephen, Castella, Jean-Christophe, Jørgensen, Lars, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Hett, Cornelia, Bech-Bruun, Thilde, Ickowitz, Amy, Vu, Kim Chi, Yasuyuki, Kono, Fox, Jefferson, Padoch, Christine, Dressler, Wolfram, Ziegler, Alan D.

“…► This review identifies changes in swiddening world-wide over the last 10–15 years, explores the drivers of observed changes, and discusses how patterns of…”
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Agricultural Policy, Market Barriers, and Deforestation: The Case of Mexico’s Southern Yucatán by Schmook, Birgit, Vance, Colin

“…This paper examines the linkages between agricultural policies and deforestation in a development frontier of Southern Mexico, focusing on support programs…”
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Diversification and Adaptive Capacity across Scales in an Emerging Post-Frontier Landscape of the Usumacinta Valley, Chiapas, Mexico by Christman, Z., Pearsall, H., Schmook, B., Mardero, S.

“…This study investigates impacts and implications of recent landscape change in rural Mexico, through a case study in the Usumacinta Valley of eastern Chiapas…”
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Diversification and adaptive capacity across scales in an emerging post-frontier landscape of the Usumacinta Valley, Chiapas, Mexico/Diversification et capacite adaptative a differentes echelles dans un paysage emergeant postfrontiere de la vallee de l'Usumacinta, Chiapas, Mexique/Diversificacion y capacidad de adaptacion a diferentes escalas en un paisaje postfronterizo emergente del Valle del Usumacinta de Chiapas en Mexico by Christman, Z, Pearsall, H, Schmook, B, Mardero, S

“…This study investigates impacts and implications of recent landscape change in rural Mexico, through a case study in the Usumacinta Valley of eastern Chiapas…”
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The Punta Allen cooperative as an emblematic example of a sustainable small-scale fishery in the Mexican Caribbean by Méndez-Medina, Crisol, Schmook, Birgit, McCandless, Susannah R.

“…We present an institutional ethnography and historical case study of the Vigía Chico fishing cooperative, located in the community of Punta Allen within the…”
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Deforestation in the southern Yucatán peninsular region: an integrative approach by Turner, B.L, Villar, Sergio Cortina, Foster, David, Geoghegan, Jacqueline, Keys, Eric, Klepeis, Peter, Lawrence, Deborah, Mendoza, Pedro Macario, Manson, Steven, Ogneva-Himmelberger, Yelena, Plotkin, Audrey B, Salicrup, Diego Pérez, Chowdhury, Rinku Roy, Savitsky, Basil, Schneider, Laura, Schmook, Birgit, Vance, Colin

“…The tensions between development and preservation of tropical forests heighten the need for integrated assessments of deforestation processes and for models…”
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Heterogeneidad estructural del manglar como respuesta a factores ambientales y antrópicos en el Soconusco, Chiapas, México by Romero-Berny, E. I., Tovilla-Hernández, C., Torrescano-Valle, N., Schmook, B.

“…RESUMEN Se presenta una descripción de la heterogeneidad estructural de los manglares en la región del Soconusco, Chiapas, México. Su estructura fue analizada…”
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Migration and Gender: The Case of a Farming "Ejido" in Calakmul, Mexico by Radel, Claudia

“…As one of Mexico's last agricultural frontiers, southern Mexico's rural farming municipality of Calakmul has long been marked by rural in-migration. In the…”
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Agentes de deforestación de manglar en Mahahual-Xcalak, Quintana Roo, sureste de México by Hirales-Cota, Espinoza-Avalos, Schmook, Ruiz-Luna, Ramos-Reyes

“…Debido a su localización en la zona costera, los manglares son vulnerables a disturbios antropogénicos y presentan tasas de deforestación altas. México está…”
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Droughts in the Southern Yucatan Peninsula: analysis of the annual and seasonal precipitation variability by Mardero, S, Nickl, E, Schmook, B, Schneider, L, Rogan, J, Christman, Z, Lawrence, D

“…This study analyzes the spatial and temporal variability of precipitation across the Southern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, addressing the anomalies and trends…”
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