By Sabrina Doyon and Catherine Sabinot

Local and global social, economic, and political stakes that unfold within protected areas are multiple, complex, and sometimes subtle. Through an ethnographic analysis of six coastal villages located within two Biosphere Reserves in the State of Yucatán in Mexico, this work seeks to understand how environmental conservation is constructed and negotiated locally.

It presents original portraits of these villages and offers, thanks to a systematic and unprecedented comparison, a reflection on the environment and conservation guided by the anthropology of
the environment and political economy. This book will interest students and researchers in the social sciences who work on Mexico, environmental issues and nature conservation, as well as practitioners of environmental conservation.