Abstract

URQUIZA GARCIA, Juan Humberto. A Global Environmental History: From the Nation’s Forest Reserves to Mexico’s Biosphere Reserves. Iztapalapa. Rev. cienc. soc. humanid. [online]. 2019, vol.40, n.87, pp.101-134.  Epub Nov 20, 2019. ISSN 2007-9176.  https://doi.org/10.28928/ri/872019/atc4/urquizagarciah.

The conservation of natural resources is a concern that is reflected in the international agenda. It is important to note that from the nineteenth century to today is part of the reflections of scientific communities in different latitudes. We can say that the concern for conservation has different stages depending on the value that is assigned to natural resources at different times in history. In Mexico the concern for conservation in the same way as in other countries, was present since the late eighteenth century and is currently maintained. This article aims to review the relationship between Mexican conservationism and international debates on the subject and how this concern has had different stages and materialized in what is now known as National Parks, Forest Reserves, Wildlife Sanctuaries or Biosphere Reserves. This is a small global history of a “hybrid science” and how it was expressed in what we now call Natural Protected Areas.

Keywords : history of Mexican conservationism; protected natural areas; national parks; conservation models; Miguel Angel de Quevedo; Enrique Beltran; Gonzalo Halftter.

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