Forestry Comes to Oaxaca: Bureaucrats, Gangsters, and Indigenous Communities, 1926–1956
Forestry Comes to Oaxaca: Bureaucrats, Gangsters, and Indigenous Communities, 1926–1956
This chapter focuses on the introduction of the science of forestry to Oaxaca from 1926 to 1956. It describes the efforts of the forest officials in protecting forests during the 1930s by building a relationship between indigenous communities and the state. The chapter also explores the Zapotec people’s perspective of forestry and logging along with theories about the forests, floods, and fires. It examines the problems the Oaxaca’s forest officials had to face, including poor communication and objections from indigenous communities. This chapter describes the methods in which communities reacted to the forest service officials’ attempts at regulating fires, which were a part of the agricultural and pastoral techniques of the region.
Keywords: science of forestry, Zapotec people, indigenous communities, forest regulations, forest fires
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