Governance the Solid Waste? Case of Study Los Angeles Common Land, La Sepultura Biospehere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico

Abstract

In Mexico, there are very few studies on solid waste (SW) production and management in rural communities located within Natural Protected Areas. The purpose of this research was to identify the relationships existing in the Los Angeles ejido, Villaflores —located in the La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas—regarding SW management within a framework of governance analysis. Twenty-three semi-structured interviews were applied to determine the actors involved and the actions they have implemented in the past eight years. The results showed of the thirteen actors involved, the community clinic is the local actor with the most consistent results for regulating SW management, through the participationof women beneficiaries of the Social Inclusion Program (PROSPERA). Among local actors, there are virtually no relations concering SW management. However, more links and cooperation for observing their objectives are observed among external actors.The author concludes that there is no SW governance but rather hierarchical relationships, in which its management reflects the policies and rules of both external and government actors.