<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Savko, Macrina</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ejidos, Monarchs, and Sustainability: Forest Management and Conservation in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve of Mexico</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest Resources, College of Forestry</style></secondary-title><tertiary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bliss, John</style></tertiary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ejidos</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">forest</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">monarch butterfly</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sustainable forest management</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">06/2002</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oregon State University</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Corvallis</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BA, International Studies in Forest Management</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">74</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) depend on the fir-dominated forest ecosystem in the states of Michoacan and Mexico for shelter during their winter hibernation.  Since 1980, the Mexican government has sought to protect this natural phenomenon by designating their overwintering habitat as the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR).  According to the 2000 census, the MBBR has a human population of over 500,000.  Of the more than 56,000-hectare reserve, the majority of the land is owned by ejidos, a communal form of land ownership unique to Mexico.  Besides this region's importance to its butterfly and human populations, 26% of the greater Mexico City area's water supply comes from the Monarch Region.
The objective of my research was to identify and assess the socio-economic, cultural, and institutional issues that facilitate or constrain the sustainable forest management of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.  The methodology of this investigation consisted of qualitative interviews, forest visits, attending meetings and workshops, and literature review. </style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Undergraduate</style></work-type></record></records></xml>