Cultural ecosystem services (CES) contribute to people's physical, emotional, and mental
well-being. CES research has significantly increased in recent years. However, most studies …

In recent years the Latin American region has become a stage for the emergence of new
indigeneities, that is, the organization of new political subjects based on new typologies of …

Indigenous people in Colombia constitute a mere three percent of the national population.
Colombian indigenous communities' success in gaining collective control of almost thirty …

Coastal mangrove forests have been undervalued and converted to other uses throughout
the developing world for almost half a century. The causes and consequences of mangrove …

The development of shrimp aquaculture in E cuador caused massive ecological damage,
particularly in the mangrove areas. Consequently, the livelihood of the population linked to …

This article analyses the evolution of identity politics in the Coordinating Body for the
Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem (C-CONDEM) in Ecuador from 2009 onward, when a …

Abstract “Limb for limb, the mangrove is perhaps the most important tree species on Earth,”
declared Conservation International in a recent update. Detailing the abilities of these trees …

In this study, I explore environmental discourses circulating among Indigenous
transboundary organizations working on environmental initiatives at the border between …

This article examines the recent representations of Manta identity in rural coastal Ecuador as
a process of secondary ethnogenesis. It emphasizes the role that archaeology has played in …

Adapted to survive in the interface between land and sea, mangroves are highly vulnerable
to the impacts of climate change. They are also highly adaptive to the imagination, with the …