The Restoration of a Lake Basin in Mexico and the Regional Social Participatory Process: the Case of ORCA

Esteva, J.
Publication year: 
1995

This booklet systematises 12 years of the work of ORCA (the Riparian Organisation Against Contamination of Lake Patzcuaro), a regional organisation of 23 mainly Indian peasant communities living in Patzcuaro Basin, Mexico, since 1982. It reveals how a well organised and highly motivated regional popular organisation, in collaboration with committed social and natural science researchers, can mobilise local populations to influence local government environmental policies and acquire greater control over the sustainable management of fragile ecosystems such as Lake Patzcuaro.

Pages: 
53p.
Publisher
Center for Social and Ecological Studies, A.C (CESE)|World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, USA.
Center of Social and Ecological Studies (CESE), Navarrete 50, CP 61600, Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. Tel./Fax: (434) 20852/23368
Michoacan, Mexico
Publisher reference: 
Center for Social and Ecological Studies, A.C (CESE)|World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, USA.

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D : Agriculture and NRM : Soil and water conservation 1155
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