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Unlocking Local and Regional Development through Nature-Based Tourism: Exploring the Potential of Agroforestry and Regenerative Livestock Farming in Mexico

Published:2024-05-31 Issue:6 Volume:12 Page:137
ISSN:2227-7099
Container-title:Economies
language:en
Short-container-title:Economies

Author:

Revollo-Fernández Daniel Alfredo¹,Lithgow Debora²^ORCID,Von Thaden Juan José³,Salazar-Vargas María del Pilar⁴^ORCID,Rodríguez de los Santos Aram⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Área Crecimiento y Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Economía, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco/Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencia y Tecnología, San Pablo Xalpa 180, Azcapotzalco, Mexico City 02128, Mexico

2. Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa 91073, Mexico

3. Laboratorio de Planeación Ambiental, Departamento El Hombre y su Ambiente, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calzada del Hueso 1100, Coyoacan, Mexico City 04960, Mexico

4. Posgrado en Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad, Unidad de Posgrado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, Mexico City 04510, Mexico

5. Dirección de Economía Ambiental y de Recursos Naturales, Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático, Picacho-Ajusco 4219, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14210, Mexico

Abstract

Nature-based tourism offers several positive effects, including bringing tourists closer to nature and increasing environmental awareness among them, creating new sources of employment, diversifying local and regional economies, promoting the conservation of local ecosystems, and protecting biodiversity. A pilot exercise based on choice experiments is presented to estimate the monetary value per year of nature-based tourism (NbT). The exercise was applied in the Jamapa watershed in Mexico, and the results showed that NbT would amount to USD 7.7 million, with tourism activities linked to agroforestry and USD 5.5 million around regenerative cattle ranching. These results provide input for decision makers in developing public policies to benefit society, nature, and sustainable development.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/12/6/137/pdf

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