Author(s):
Aida Ramos Viera* - The University of Kansas
Abstract:
This paper details results from the participatory research mapping (PRM) component of the First Bowman Expedition, México Indígena, from nine indigenous Teenek and Nahua community lands of the Huasteca study area of eastern San Luis Potosí state, Mexico. We are analyzing the changes in common use areas in five communities certificated by PROCEDE, the program that provides certification of agricultural lands for privatization of what is now legally social property in agrarian communities (legally as ejidos and agricultural communities). We are using official information of the National Agrarian Registry (RAN) and other cadastral records together with PRM to document 1) land use and 2) parcels tenancy changes 10 years after the PROCEDE land certification process. Putting these results together with orthophotos and GIS analysis are allows us to visualize changes on the land tenancy and land use, as well as the impact on the common use areas and their forests in certificated indigenous communities.
