M Toledo
Biographic Data
| ID | 28274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Toledo |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Toledo |
| SIGNATURE | TOLEDO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4681-0020 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 454 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Crisis civilizatoria y modernización rural: Abordaje desde una epistemología transdisciplinaria y compleja
El proyecto civilizatorio de la modernidad está inmerso en un laberinto crítico, con una visión menospreciativa del conocimiento y las prácticas agrícolas tradicionales y una imposición coactiva del modelo agroindustrial. Ha estado ocurriendo la modernización e industrialización rural y agrícola (MIRA), con profundos impactos sociales, económicos, culturales, ecosistémicos y de sustentabilidad. En este ensayo reflexionamos sobre la MIRA en el con…
Ecología, Espiritualidad, Conocimiento: Una Nueva Utopía Recorre el Mundo
Antropología y Ecología: Historia de un romance
El presente ensayo hace una somera revisión de las relaciones que se han establecido entre dos campos del conocimiento que habitualmente existen de manera separada: la antropología y la ecología. La revisión se antoja interesante en tanto que aborda un fenómeno epistemológico que no es un caso particular o aislado, sino que corre en paralelo a otros muchos intentos por hacer confluir las ciencias sociales y humanas con las ciencias de la natutral…
The evolution of agroecology in Mexico, 1920–2023
During the last 2 decades, several studies have analyzed the theoretical and practical development of agroecology in different countries. In each country, the transition has followed different paths and paces. Using a detailed review of myriad sources, this article describes the evolution of agroecology in Mexico from 1920 to date. Our analysis was based on a set of indicators such as research teams, courses and degrees, publications, conferences…
The Cinegetic or Extractive Socio-Metabolic Regime
La Modernización Agroindustrial y el Surgimiento de la Agroecología en México (1920-1960)
Mexican countryside was a field of dispute between two agro-productive models in the first half of the 20th century. As a result of demographic pressures and industrial and urban development projects promoted by the governments emerged from the Mexican Revolution, and later of the economic and geopolitical interests of the United States government and the Rockefeller Foundation, efforts were made to modernize the country's traditional agriculture…
Engaging with Indigenous Water Realities: Agricultural Cycle Rituals and Oral Tradition
The Nahua communities in the Central Highlands of Guerrero have a ritual-agricultural cycle closely related to seasonality, environmental processes, agriculture, and landscape. The most important celebrations in the region are those asking for a good rainy season, for the rain to end, and to thank for the harvest. Building upon the ethnoecological framework, the article explores ritual-agricultural practices and the water realities these practice…
The global crisis is a crisis of civilization: A political ecology perspective
Inspired by the intellectual currents of political ecology, this essay aims to shed light on the crisis of the contemporary world. The social sciences, or plain science, require a profound and urgent renewal in order to highlight the hegemonic structures of knowledge; Over-specialized studies, so common in recent decades, are barely capable of capturing fragments or pieces of reality, overlooking or ignoring the political power relations closely …
Le maïs et la mémoire bioculturelle de Mésoamérique
Notre contribution s'attache à l'aspect cosmogonique, cognitif et pratique de la culture du maïs et du système agricole traditionnel dénommé « milpa » (maïs-haricot-courge) au sein de l’aire agraire mésoaméricaine. Cet espace est considéré comme le résultat d’un déploiement civilisationnel ancien de dix mille ans qui se poursuit aujourd'hui, et dont l’activité bioculturelle s’est centrée sur l’agriculture. Dans ce vaste territoire d'où il est ori…
Historia de la caficultura en Chiapas (1880-2010). Apuntes de una evolución social y ambiental
En el presente texto se analizan los factores que en poco más de un siglo propiciaron y condujeron la caficultura en Chiapas. Conforme las plantaciones de café se propagaron al interior del estado y, con base en los factores que hicieron esto posible, se presenta una periodización del desarrollo de la caficultura. Se muestra que la producción cafetalera es un proceso de evolución socioambiental, evidenciado por la transformación de las grandes fi…
The use of birds as pets in Mexico
Our paper provides the first comprehensive description of the pajarero trade, showing evidence of local communitarian management in the places where the wild birds are captured
Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink
The Struggle for Life: Socio-environmental Conflicts in Mexico
The global expansion of the neoliberal model is most forcefully expressed in the processes of social, cultural, and environmental predation undertaken by corporations in the so-called Global South. Three pertinent processes are taking place in Mexico: (1) an increase in socio-environmental conflicts, mainly in rural areas and in predominantly indigenous territories; (2) the proliferation of citizen resistance of an essentially communal, municipal…
El metabolismo social: Una Nueva Teoría Socioecológica
A la memoria de Alfred Schmidt (1931-2012) Ante la necesidad de construir marcos conceptuales que permitan realizar análisis congruentes sobre las relaciones entre los procesos naturales y los procesos sociales desde una perspectiva holística o integradora, el artículo lleva a cabo una narrativa de la teoría del metabolismo social, uno de los instrumentos propuestos en la última década para comprender la compleja realidad actual. Para ello se hac…
The agroecological revolution in Latin America: Rescuing Nature, Ensuring Food Sovereignty and Empowering Peasants
This paper provides an overview of what we call 'agroecological revolution' in Latin America. As the expansion of agroexports and biofuels continues unfolding in Latin America and warming the planet, the concepts of food sovereignty and agroecology-based agricultural production gain increasing attention. New approaches and technologies involving the application of blended agroecological science and indigenous knowledge systems are being spearhead…
A etnoecologia: Uma Ciência Pós-Normal Que Estuda as Sabedorias Tradicionais
O artigo revela uma maneira de valorizar os conhecimentos milenares sobre a natureza dos povos indígenas e rurais do planeta. Esta valorização se denomina Etnoecologia, nova disciplina híbrida, transdisciplinar e pós-normal. Distinguem-se as duas tradições intelectuais que elaboraram uma compreensão sobre a natureza: a ocidental, forjadora da ciência moderna e a que aglutina diversas formas de compreensão sobre o mundo natural, denominada a exper…
Adaptations of a Yucatec Maya Multiple-Use Ecological Management Strategy to Ecotourism
García-Frapolli, E., V. Toledo, and J. Martinez-Alier. 2008. Adaptations of a Yucatec Maya multiple-use ecological management strategy to ecotourism. Ecology and Society 13(2): 31. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02627-130231
Ethnoecology of the Yucatec Maya: Symbolism, Knowledge and Management of Natural Resources
There is a growing interest worldwide in adopting interdisciplinary approaches for studying the complex and dynamic interplay between societies and landscapes. During the last few years, ethnoecology, broadly defined as an integrative study of beliefs, knowledge and practice of a given social entity, has emerged as a useful research method for the comprehensive understanding of landscape use and management. Maya people have inhabited the Yucatan …
The Multiple Use of Tropical Forests by Indigenous Peoples in Mexico: A Case of Adaptive Management
Toledo, V., B. F. Ortiz-Espejel, L. Cortés, P. Moguel and M. Ordoñez 2003. The Multiple Use of Tropical Forests by Indigenous Peoples in Mexico: a Case of Adaptive Management. Conservation Ecology 7(3):9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00524-070309
Biodiversity Conservation in Traditional Coffee Systems of Mexico
In Mexico, coffee is cultivated on the coastal slopes of the central and southern parts of the country in areas where two or more types of vegetation make contact. Based on management level and vegetational and structural complexity, it is possible to distinguish five main coffee production systems in Mexico: two kinds of traditional shaded agroforests (with native trees), one commercially oriented polyspecific shaded system, and two “modern” sys…
Modernity and ecology: The new planetary crisis
1993). Modernity and ecology: The new planetary crisis. Capitalism Nature Socialism: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 31-48
The ecological crisis: A second contradiction of capitalism
The agroecological revolution in Latin America: Rescuing Nature, Ensuring Food Sovereignty and Empowering Peasants
This paper provides an overview of what we call 'agroecological revolution' in Latin America. As the expansion of agroexports and biofuels continues unfolding in Latin America and warming the planet, the concepts of food sovereignty and agroecology-based agricultural production gain increasing attention. New approaches and technologies involving the application of blended agroecological science and indigenous knowledge systems are being spearhead…
Ethnoecology of the Yucatec Maya: Symbolism, Knowledge and Management of Natural Resources
There is a growing interest worldwide in adopting interdisciplinary approaches for studying the complex and dynamic interplay between societies and landscapes. During the last few years, ethnoecology, broadly defined as an integrative study of beliefs, knowledge and practice of a given social entity, has emerged as a useful research method for the comprehensive understanding of landscape use and management. Maya people have inhabited the Yucatan …
The Multiple Use of Tropical Forests by Indigenous Peoples in Mexico: A Case of Adaptive Management
Toledo, V., B. F. Ortiz-Espejel, L. Cortés, P. Moguel and M. Ordoñez 2003. The Multiple Use of Tropical Forests by Indigenous Peoples in Mexico: a Case of Adaptive Management. Conservation Ecology 7(3):9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00524-070309
A etnoecologia: Uma Ciência Pós-Normal Que Estuda as Sabedorias Tradicionais
O artigo revela uma maneira de valorizar os conhecimentos milenares sobre a natureza dos povos indígenas e rurais do planeta. Esta valorização se denomina Etnoecologia, nova disciplina híbrida, transdisciplinar e pós-normal. Distinguem-se as duas tradições intelectuais que elaboraram uma compreensão sobre a natureza: a ocidental, forjadora da ciência moderna e a que aglutina diversas formas de compreensão sobre o mundo natural, denominada a exper…
The use of birds as pets in Mexico
Our paper provides the first comprehensive description of the pajarero trade, showing evidence of local communitarian management in the places where the wild birds are captured
The Struggle for Life: Socio-environmental Conflicts in Mexico
The global expansion of the neoliberal model is most forcefully expressed in the processes of social, cultural, and environmental predation undertaken by corporations in the so-called Global South. Three pertinent processes are taking place in Mexico: (1) an increase in socio-environmental conflicts, mainly in rural areas and in predominantly indigenous territories; (2) the proliferation of citizen resistance of an essentially communal, municipal…
Adaptations of a Yucatec Maya Multiple-Use Ecological Management Strategy to Ecotourism
García-Frapolli, E., V. Toledo, and J. Martinez-Alier. 2008. Adaptations of a Yucatec Maya multiple-use ecological management strategy to ecotourism. Ecology and Society 13(2): 31. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02627-130231
The ecological crisis: A second contradiction of capitalism
El metabolismo social: Una Nueva Teoría Socioecológica
A la memoria de Alfred Schmidt (1931-2012) Ante la necesidad de construir marcos conceptuales que permitan realizar análisis congruentes sobre las relaciones entre los procesos naturales y los procesos sociales desde una perspectiva holística o integradora, el artículo lleva a cabo una narrativa de la teoría del metabolismo social, uno de los instrumentos propuestos en la última década para comprender la compleja realidad actual. Para ello se hac…
La Modernización Agroindustrial y el Surgimiento de la Agroecología en México (1920-1960)
Mexican countryside was a field of dispute between two agro-productive models in the first half of the 20th century. As a result of demographic pressures and industrial and urban development projects promoted by the governments emerged from the Mexican Revolution, and later of the economic and geopolitical interests of the United States government and the Rockefeller Foundation, efforts were made to modernize the country's traditional agriculture…
Modernity and ecology: The new planetary crisis
1993). Modernity and ecology: The new planetary crisis. Capitalism Nature Socialism: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 31-48
The ecological crisis: A second contradiction of capitalism
Modernity and ecology: The new planetary crisis
1993). Modernity and ecology: The new planetary crisis. Capitalism Nature Socialism: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 31-48
Biodiversity Conservation in Traditional Coffee Systems of Mexico
In Mexico, coffee is cultivated on the coastal slopes of the central and southern parts of the country in areas where two or more types of vegetation make contact. Based on management level and vegetational and structural complexity, it is possible to distinguish five main coffee production systems in Mexico: two kinds of traditional shaded agroforests (with native trees), one commercially oriented polyspecific shaded system, and two “modern” sys…
The Multiple Use of Tropical Forests by Indigenous Peoples in Mexico: A Case of Adaptive Management
Toledo, V., B. F. Ortiz-Espejel, L. Cortés, P. Moguel and M. Ordoñez 2003. The Multiple Use of Tropical Forests by Indigenous Peoples in Mexico: a Case of Adaptive Management. Conservation Ecology 7(3):9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00524-070309
Ethnoecology of the Yucatec Maya: Symbolism, Knowledge and Management of Natural Resources
There is a growing interest worldwide in adopting interdisciplinary approaches for studying the complex and dynamic interplay between societies and landscapes. During the last few years, ethnoecology, broadly defined as an integrative study of beliefs, knowledge and practice of a given social entity, has emerged as a useful research method for the comprehensive understanding of landscape use and management. Maya people have inhabited the Yucatan …
Adaptations of a Yucatec Maya Multiple-Use Ecological Management Strategy to Ecotourism
García-Frapolli, E., V. Toledo, and J. Martinez-Alier. 2008. Adaptations of a Yucatec Maya multiple-use ecological management strategy to ecotourism. Ecology and Society 13(2): 31. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02627-130231
A etnoecologia: Uma Ciência Pós-Normal Que Estuda as Sabedorias Tradicionais
O artigo revela uma maneira de valorizar os conhecimentos milenares sobre a natureza dos povos indígenas e rurais do planeta. Esta valorização se denomina Etnoecologia, nova disciplina híbrida, transdisciplinar e pós-normal. Distinguem-se as duas tradições intelectuais que elaboraram uma compreensão sobre a natureza: a ocidental, forjadora da ciência moderna e a que aglutina diversas formas de compreensão sobre o mundo natural, denominada a exper…
The agroecological revolution in Latin America: Rescuing Nature, Ensuring Food Sovereignty and Empowering Peasants
This paper provides an overview of what we call 'agroecological revolution' in Latin America. As the expansion of agroexports and biofuels continues unfolding in Latin America and warming the planet, the concepts of food sovereignty and agroecology-based agricultural production gain increasing attention. New approaches and technologies involving the application of blended agroecological science and indigenous knowledge systems are being spearhead…
El metabolismo social: Una Nueva Teoría Socioecológica
A la memoria de Alfred Schmidt (1931-2012) Ante la necesidad de construir marcos conceptuales que permitan realizar análisis congruentes sobre las relaciones entre los procesos naturales y los procesos sociales desde una perspectiva holística o integradora, el artículo lleva a cabo una narrativa de la teoría del metabolismo social, uno de los instrumentos propuestos en la última década para comprender la compleja realidad actual. Para ello se hac…
Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink
The Struggle for Life: Socio-environmental Conflicts in Mexico
The global expansion of the neoliberal model is most forcefully expressed in the processes of social, cultural, and environmental predation undertaken by corporations in the so-called Global South. Three pertinent processes are taking place in Mexico: (1) an increase in socio-environmental conflicts, mainly in rural areas and in predominantly indigenous territories; (2) the proliferation of citizen resistance of an essentially communal, municipal…
The use of birds as pets in Mexico
Our paper provides the first comprehensive description of the pajarero trade, showing evidence of local communitarian management in the places where the wild birds are captured
Historia de la caficultura en Chiapas (1880-2010). Apuntes de una evolución social y ambiental
En el presente texto se analizan los factores que en poco más de un siglo propiciaron y condujeron la caficultura en Chiapas. Conforme las plantaciones de café se propagaron al interior del estado y, con base en los factores que hicieron esto posible, se presenta una periodización del desarrollo de la caficultura. Se muestra que la producción cafetalera es un proceso de evolución socioambiental, evidenciado por la transformación de las grandes fi…
Le maïs et la mémoire bioculturelle de Mésoamérique
Notre contribution s'attache à l'aspect cosmogonique, cognitif et pratique de la culture du maïs et du système agricole traditionnel dénommé « milpa » (maïs-haricot-courge) au sein de l’aire agraire mésoaméricaine. Cet espace est considéré comme le résultat d’un déploiement civilisationnel ancien de dix mille ans qui se poursuit aujourd'hui, et dont l’activité bioculturelle s’est centrée sur l’agriculture. Dans ce vaste territoire d'où il est ori…
The global crisis is a crisis of civilization: A political ecology perspective
Inspired by the intellectual currents of political ecology, this essay aims to shed light on the crisis of the contemporary world. The social sciences, or plain science, require a profound and urgent renewal in order to highlight the hegemonic structures of knowledge; Over-specialized studies, so common in recent decades, are barely capable of capturing fragments or pieces of reality, overlooking or ignoring the political power relations closely …
The Cinegetic or Extractive Socio-Metabolic Regime
La Modernización Agroindustrial y el Surgimiento de la Agroecología en México (1920-1960)
Mexican countryside was a field of dispute between two agro-productive models in the first half of the 20th century. As a result of demographic pressures and industrial and urban development projects promoted by the governments emerged from the Mexican Revolution, and later of the economic and geopolitical interests of the United States government and the Rockefeller Foundation, efforts were made to modernize the country's traditional agriculture…
Engaging with Indigenous Water Realities: Agricultural Cycle Rituals and Oral Tradition
The Nahua communities in the Central Highlands of Guerrero have a ritual-agricultural cycle closely related to seasonality, environmental processes, agriculture, and landscape. The most important celebrations in the region are those asking for a good rainy season, for the rain to end, and to thank for the harvest. Building upon the ethnoecological framework, the article explores ritual-agricultural practices and the water realities these practice…
Ecología, Espiritualidad, Conocimiento: Una Nueva Utopía Recorre el Mundo
Antropología y Ecología: Historia de un romance
El presente ensayo hace una somera revisión de las relaciones que se han establecido entre dos campos del conocimiento que habitualmente existen de manera separada: la antropología y la ecología. La revisión se antoja interesante en tanto que aborda un fenómeno epistemológico que no es un caso particular o aislado, sino que corre en paralelo a otros muchos intentos por hacer confluir las ciencias sociales y humanas con las ciencias de la natutral…
The evolution of agroecology in Mexico, 1920–2023
During the last 2 decades, several studies have analyzed the theoretical and practical development of agroecology in different countries. In each country, the transition has followed different paths and paces. Using a detailed review of myriad sources, this article describes the evolution of agroecology in Mexico from 1920 to date. Our analysis was based on a set of indicators such as research teams, courses and degrees, publications, conferences…
Crisis civilizatoria y modernización rural: Abordaje desde una epistemología transdisciplinaria y compleja
El proyecto civilizatorio de la modernidad está inmerso en un laberinto crítico, con una visión menospreciativa del conocimiento y las prácticas agrícolas tradicionales y una imposición coactiva del modelo agroindustrial. Ha estado ocurriendo la modernización e industrialización rural y agrícola (MIRA), con profundos impactos sociales, económicos, culturales, ecosistémicos y de sustentabilidad. En este ensayo reflexionamos sobre la MIRA en el con…
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