Abstract

BRENNER, Ludger. The Impacts of Public Policies on Mangroves in Chiapas, Mexico: A Consequence of Lacking Environmental Policy Integration. Gest. polít. pública [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.1, pp.237-267. ISSN 1405-1079.

Based on the concept of environmental policy integration, qualitative expert interview and participative mapping, this paper focuses on the causes and consequences of environmental impacts on mangroves triggered by ill-coordinated public policies at México’s southern Pacific coast. In this context, we identified not only the specific measures applied by governmental institutions and their impacts, but also other crucial political, socioeconomic, and environmental factors, which determined the scale and spatial extension of ecosystem degradation. As a result, public policies lacking environmental integration, particularly stream straightening and incentives to promote the production of biofuel made form African oil palms, were the decisive triggers, but not the sole agents of mangroves’ degradation. The scale and spatial extension of observed impacts rather depend on multiply factors, not necessarily related to public policies. Moreover, an explicitly spatial dimension to the qualitative results is provided.

Keywords : development policies; environmental protection; Mexico.

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