Abstract

PINKUS RENDON, Miguel Ángel. Natural resource use in eastern Yucatán during the twentieth century. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2016, vol.11, n.21, pp.92-113. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2016.21.10.

From the perspective of environmental history, based on a thorough and complementary review of the existing literature as well as oral history, this article offers a historical review of the different land-uses in Eastern Yucatán State throughout 100 years. The purpose of this review is to identify and describe the different economic and social events that have transformed the region, thus affecting the economy of local communities. It describes the productive activities that have exploited the region’s natural resources (wood, gum, and salt), as well as those productive activities that have introduced alien flora and fauna species with the corresponding negative impact on the land (cattle-raising and the cultivation of pasture). It also includes social factors such as interstate migration, which have influenced the way surroundings have been managed.

Keywords : South East México; landscape; anthropogenic impact; land-use.