Manejo Comunitario de Bosques y Agroecología

The report argues that Community Forest Management (MCB) and agroecology are complementary political and technical practices that protect biodiversity and ensure food sovereignty. It critiques top-down conservation models like REDD+ and the FAO's narrow definition of forests, which the author claims facilitate industrial monocultures and the displacement of local communities. The document highlights the role of traditional knowledge, women's autonomy, and local markets in maintaining ecosystem health, providing evidence from the Amazon, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe.

• Community Forest Management (MCB) and agroecology share core principles, including the promotion of local community control over territory, the autonomy of women, the use of traditional knowledge, and the fostering of social and solidarity economies.
• The FAO's official definition of forests is criticized for being purely biological and excluding agricultural use, which the document argues allows for the replacement of biodiverse forests with industrial monocultures of pine or eucalyptus while still being officially classified as 'forests'.
• Market-based conservation mechanisms such as REDD+ and Payments for Environmental Services (PSA) are described as 'false solutions' that risk eroding traditional cultures by replacing ancestral values with market prices and, in some cases, explicitly prohibiting agriculture in community territories.
• Evidence suggests that ecosystems managed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities often exhibit better health and lower deforestation rates than official protected areas like national parks.
• Industrial agriculture is identified as a primary driver of deforestation, with commercial agriculture causing approximately 40% of deforestation in the tropics and subtropics, and nearly 70% in Latin America.
• The document emphasizes that women are often the primary leaders of agroecological initiatives but face systemic barriers to land ownership and decision-making power due to patriarchal structures and the 'green economy's' focus on individual ownership.
• Traditional knowledge is not static; it evolves through practice and interaction, as seen in the restoration of dry nutrient-poor grasslands in the Swiss Alps using domestic goats to remove invasive shrubs.
• In Indonesia, the government announced the return of 12.8 million hectares of forests to the management of local communities in November 2016, validating the viability of community-led territorial governance.

APA

Calle, D. C. (2017). Manejo Comunitario de Bosques y Agroecología. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/foei-cfm-agroecology-ES-WEB.pdf

Chicago

Calle, Diego Cardona. Manejo Comunitario de Bosques y Agroecología. Friends of the Earth International, 2017. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/foei-cfm-agroecology-ES-WEB.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{calle2017manejo, author = {Calle, Diego Cardona}, title = {{Manejo Comunitario de Bosques y Agroecología}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2017}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/foei-cfm-agroecology-ES-WEB.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }