Resumen

INFANTE-RAMIREZ, Karla Diana; ARCE-IBARRA, Ana Minerva  y  BELLO-BALTAZAR, Eduardo. Non-monetary valuation of landscape units in the mayan zone of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.45, pp.309-357. ISSN 2448-6183.

Our study was aimed at assessing the local value of landscapes from ejidos in the Mayan Zone of Quintana Roo by means of the damage schedule approach. The valuation was based upon the opinions of community groups as well as from the expertise of several scholars with previous research at the study area. Based on the opinion of the interviewees, our results show that mature rainforest was the most valued landscape unit, whereas wetlands were the least valued. These results were directly related to the number of activities undertaken at these landscape units which satisfy the subsistence needs of the Maya.

Palabras llave : value; ecological economics; maya; rainforest; landscape unit.