An outline of the research and education program of CIES/Consortium
The CIES/Consortium was created in 1992 for increasing the personnel capability and conducting research in natural resources, sustainable development, and human health in the Chiapas region of Mexico. Research is being conducted in four principal study areas: Highlands of Chiapas, the Lacandon rain forest, Soconusco, and El Ocote Reserve. There are four research departments: Conservation of Natural Resources, Alternative Production Systems, Health and Population, and Agroecological Technology. Agroforestry research, within the Department of Alternative Production Systems, includes agroforestry systems diagnosis in the highlands of Chiapas, ethnobotanical survey of potentially useful woody plants, silvicultural evaluation of woody forage species, management alternatives for the fallow vegetation in the Lacandon rain forest, and forest regeneration ecology and biomass dynamics in the Highlands of Chiapas and Lacandon rain forest after human interference. The CIES/Consortium researchers are also involved in the training of professionals and supervision of bachelor- and master- theses in their respective study areas. In January 1994, CIES/Consortium started a Postgraduate program in Natural Resources and Rural Development.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | Centro de Investigaciones Ecológicas del Sureste (México), Investigación ecológica, Artfrosur, |
| Online Access: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00711992 |
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