The unruly complexity of conservation arrangements with Mexican rural communities: Who really funds the game?

• Published in: Journal of rural studies Vol. 87; pp. 112 - 123
• Main Authors: Peña-Azcona, Ivett, García-Barrios, Raúl, García-Barrios, Luis, Ortega-Argueta, Alejandro, Elizondo, Cecilia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elmsford Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: anthropology; Cartography; Community involvement; Community-based conservation; Compensation; Conservation; Conservation areas; Cooperation; Degradation; Development programs; Development projects; Ecological effects; Energy; Energy conservation; Energy industry; Environmental compensation; Environmental degradation; Ethnography; Fieldwork; Financing; forests; Incentives; Indigenous peoples; International cooperation; Latin America; Markets; Mexico; Mountains; Natural resource management; Natural resources; Neo-institutionalism; Neoliberalism; Participant observation; Political economy; politics; Public finance; Public-private financing; Research methodology; Research methods; Resource management; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural poverty; Social responsibility; wind; Wind power; Mexico; Latin America; Public-private financing; Community-based conservation; Neo-institutionalism; Environmental compensation

The influence of private financing on ecological conservation has grown in recent years, but little is known about the actual links between large-scale development projects, public-private contractual arrangements, and community-based conservation. We analyze the political economy of such links by c...