Land moves and behaves: Indigenous discourse on sustainable land management in Pichataro, Patzcuaro Basin, Mexico
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2003
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Geografiska Annaler
Abstract
The researchers documented farmers' perceptions that land is dynamic (as shown in the title quote) and soil is treated holistically as being integrated with climate, relief, and the water cycles. Traditional agriculture, which sees erosion and fertility losses as inevitable--thus making land management imperative to human health and sustenance--does not lead to land degradation.
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Soil degradation, Soil erosion, Soil conservation, Soil management, Indigenous community, Soil fertility, Soil quality, Local knowledge, Traditional farming, Adoption of innovations, Ethnopedology, Indigenous people, Local attitudes towards soil health, Local land use systems, Mountain landscapes, Mexico, Watershed
Citation
Geografiska Annaler 85(3-4): 229-245