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Are Current Actions for Conservation in Mexico Enough? A Review of the Proximate and Ultimate Threats

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Mexican Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation

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Mexico is a mega-diverse country with a high percentage of endemic and threatened species. Biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of ecosystems functions must be a national priority. In this chapter, we present some examples at Mexico environmental transformation or resource use strategies, which had constituted direct or indirect threats to species and ecosystems conservation. We highlight the importance of considering the socio-ecological system approach to prevent species’ loss, environmental deterioration and to ensure the well-being of human societies.

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We thank E. Llamas Pames for the translation. This project forms part of the research of the “Ecology and use of natural resources in semiarid areas of Mexico” (UAM-I); National Protected Areas Network (CONACYT-RENANP) and Socioecosystems and Sustainability Network (CONACyT-REDSOCIOECOS).  

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Correspondence to Cecilia Leonor Jiménez-Sierra .

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Jiménez-Sierra, C.L., Torres-Orozco Jiménez, D., Matias-Palafox, M.L. (2018). Are Current Actions for Conservation in Mexico Enough? A Review of the Proximate and Ultimate Threats. In: Ortega-Rubio, A. (eds) Mexican Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90584-6_2

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