Table of Contents:
  • Timeline of Important Events
  • Introduction : Practicing Political Ecology in Chimalapas
  • Time, Space, Politics. Shining Rivers : Chimalapas in Time and Space ; Megaprojects in Mexico's South : Liberal Shadows in a Global Era
  • The Emergence of the Environment. Wild Places : The Production of Nature and the Environment ; Imagining Chimalapas : Leadership, Legitimacy, and Representation ; The Long-Distance Jaguar : Creating an Ecological Community in Chimalapas
  • The Politics of the Environment. Decentralized Authoritarianism : Political Control in Chimalapas ; Please, No Politics : The Institutional Isolation of Maderas and the New Government Role
  • Conclusion : Decentralized Authoritarianism and Accumulation by Conservation in Chimalapas
  • Appendix A : List of Participants
  • Appendix B : Institutional Funding for Maderas del Pueblo between 1991 and 2000
  • Appendix C : Government Agencies in Chimalapas, 1995-2000
  • Appendix D : WWF Funding Lines, 1997-2000
  • Appendix E : Institutional Presence in Chimalapas, 2003-2008.