Modelling avocado-driven deforestation in Michoacán, Mexico

EY Arima, A Denvir, KR Young… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
As demand for avocado climbs, avocado production in Michoacán—Mexico's biggest
avocado growing region—expands into new places. We use a spatial probit model to project …

Estimating fragmentation and connectivity patterns of the temperate forest in an avocado-dominated landscape to propose conservation strategies

MC Latorre-Cárdenas, A González-Rodríguez… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid expansion of avocado cultivation in Michoacán, Mexico, is one of the drivers of
deforestation. We assessed the degree of fragmentation and functional connectivity of the …

Biocultural diversity loss: The decline of native stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) and local ecological knowledge in Michoacán, Western México

A Reyes-González, A Camou-Guerrero, E Del-Val… - Human Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) is of utmost importance for biodiversity conservation;
however, a number of studies document the loss of LEK regarding native bees. Stingless …

Avocado expansion and the threat of forest loss in Michoacán, Mexico under climate change scenarios

A Denvir - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Considering the boom in global demand for avocados, this study analyzes avocado
expansion in the largest production center in Mexico–the Avocado Belt of Michoacán. A …

Potential expansion of Hass avocado cultivation under climate change scenarios threatens Mexican mountain ecosystems

JF Charre-Medellín, JF Mas… - Crop and Pasture …, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
Analysis of potential areas for crop establishment is necessary for sustainable agricultural
planning, conservation of natural ecosystems, and achievement of food security's current …

Socio-environmental impacts of the avocado boom in the Meseta Purépecha, Michoacán, Mexico

A De la Vega-Rivera, L Merino-Pérez - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rapid expansion of avocado orchards in the Meseta Purépecha, in the state of
Michoacán in central Mexico, has mostly been driven by the increasing demand of North …

Land cover change effects from community forest management in Michoacán, Mexico

PJ Ordóñez, K Baylis, MI Ramírez - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
More than half of Mexico's forests and about a third of the forests of the world are
communally owned. Despite this, community forest management (CFM) is the least studied …

Payment for environmental services: Forest conservation and poverty alleviation in a tropical region of Mexico

H Reyes-Hernández - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Payment for environmental services (PES) is a scheme that seeks to reduce human
pressure on forest ecosystems by financially rewarding forest landowners for conserving …

Distribution and conservation of species is misestimated if biotic interactions are ignored: the case of the orchid Laelia speciosa

M Flores-Tolentino, R García-Valdés… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The geographic distribution of species depends on their relationships with climate and on
the biotic interactions of the species. Ecological Niche Models (ENMs) mainly consider …

Spatio-temporal approach for identification of critical conservation areas: a case study with two pine species from a threatened temperate forest in Mexico

A Molina Sánchez, P Delgado… - Biodiversity and …, 2019 - Springer
Fragmentation transforms natural habitats into a set of structurally and functionally
differentiated small and separated patches, and causes the loss of connectivity among …