Abstract

FARRENY GOMEZ PUENTE, Antonio. Transaction Cost and Forest Production Chain on the Eastern Slope of Cofre de Perote Volcano in Veracruz State. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2014, vol.9, n.18, pp.91-109. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2014.18.25.

This paper presents an ethnographic description of various factors present in land use conservation and change dynamics, predominantly forest land use on the Eastern slope of Cofre de Perote Volcano in Veracruz State based on an historical perspective. Its forest cover has been the target of controversies and conflicts. In some areas, small-scale farmers have been blamed for deforestation, and in response different stakeholders have pressed for the enforcement of stricter sanction regimes, arguing that these processes impact weather conditions in nearby cities as well as ground water recharge. The need to use ethnographic work to understand the diversity of agents involved in forest land use with their own mentality and goals is suggested. From this perspective, forest conservation demands more than strict surveillance in order to be able to improve its conditions of use.

Keywords : local chains of production; forest management and cultural ecology in anthropology.