Case Study: Pepajau Watershed
As in the case of the Pepajau microwatershed and in Todos Santos, we can see that the Buena Milpa Project worked with _______ ___________ in order to ensure resilience and climate change adaptation on a local level.
Local organizations/institutions
Which municipality did FUNDAECO work in?
Todos Santos
What is the crop staple that is central to the food security of Indigenous peoples living in the Western Highlands?
Maize
What is a society's ability to adapt determined by?
Their ability to act collectively
Who came up with the framework designed to analyse the role of collective action in natural resource conflict and cooperation?
Ratner
What was a significant variable that aided La Asociación de Organizaciones de los Cuchumatanes (ASOCUCH), an NGO, to build connections with government actors and farmer groups in order to enable community-led natural resource management projects?
They had a long-term presence in the local community.
What did FUNDAECO strive to do by creating protected areas of land?
Attempt to halt natural resource degradation
What approach was be used to adapt a maize farming system to climate change?
Rely on local maize varieties
The main objectives of the ______ _______ Project are to reduce poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, while encouraging the sustainable cultivation of maize
Buena Milpa
What were the effects of the Guatemalan conflict which can be seen up to this day?
Inequitable land distribution, ethnic discrimination, poverty, and gender-based violence
What was a barrier in the Western Highlands (integrated into the communities) that ASOCUCH had to face in regards to their history?
a long history of conflict whose tensions can still be felt to this day
What resulted from FUNDAECO’s efforts in Todos Santos in 2010?
The reserve was granted the status of Municipal Regional Park
In which country was the collection of Guatemalan maize seeds stored in?
Mexico
What is an example of a collective action institution?
Farmer cooperatives, CSOs. ASOCUCH, FUNDAECO
What are the two Guatemalan grassroots organizations that Buena Milpa worked with?
ASOCUCH (local NGO), FUNDAECO (strong local presence and links to wider political stage)
By focusing on the level of the watershed, what resources does ASOCUCH attempt to manage?
forests, soils, water
COCOREMA mediates communication between which two actors concerning the natural reserve management?
local traditional authorities and municipal authorities
How many native Guatemalan maize varieties were returned back to Guatemala in 2016?
Approximately 700
What are the three domains for intervention in natural resource management?
Governance and policy, natural resource management institutions, the action arena
What kind of research can be seen to have taken place in all three case studies?
PAR
Which phase of PAR aligns with the climate change vulnerability analysis with the local community in the Pepajau watershed case study?
preflection
How did FUNDAECO use humility (principle from PAR) to amplify the voices and ideas from local communities in Todos Santos?
The communities were involved in participatory assessments of areas with high ecological value and sacred/ceremonial sites
What is one reason crop breeding seen as less attractive when finding maize varieties that are climate adapted?
Smallholder farmers face specific agroecological conditions, farmers don’t have the financial resources needed for selective crop breeding, there is no infrastructure to facilitate farmer’s access to these seeds
How can natural resource management institutions influence collective action in the context of governance and social- ecological systems?
They cooperate with all actors to encourage collective action
What about the history of Guatemala does Buena Milpa need to understand in order to conduct their PAR?
the impact of the armed conflict on trust and cooperation within Indigenous communities and in the relationship between these communities and outsiders