Terracing for soil restoration and drought adaptation in the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Adaptation to drought is a subject of debate and interest from various approaches and geographic areas. In this context, it is important to promote actions in protected natural areas that, without neglecting conservation, seek to improve the adaptation of their inhabitants to changes in rainfall pat...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Geografía Agrícola |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revistas.chapingo.mx:article/1067 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.chapingo.mx/geografia/article/view/1067 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | ganadería extensiva variabilidad climática áreas naturales protegidas extensive cattle ranching climate variability protected natural areas |
| Sumario: | Adaptation to drought is a subject of debate and interest from various approaches and geographic areas. In this context, it is important to promote actions in protected natural areas that, without neglecting conservation, seek to improve the adaptation of their inhabitants to changes in rainfall patterns and soil degradation, processes linked to drought. This study aimed to analyze, through semi-structured interviews and participant observation, the adoption of terracing (semicircular bunds) as a management practice for soil restoration and drought adaptation in the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve, a semiarid region in north-central Mexico where extensive cattle ranching is the main economic activity. Residents agree that the rainy season now begins later and, therefore, the period of natural absence of precipitation extends into the summer season. They also concur that the pattern of storms has changed, as their intensity has increased markedly, while the events are shorter in duration and occur over relatively small areas. The use of semicircular bunds is an efficient tool in the face of the worsening lack of vegetation cover and overgrazing. This is similar to results in analogous conditions in Mexico, where climate variability has been addressed through terracing. |
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