Community environmental management and the role of women: Case study of Laguna de Tres Palos and the coastal community of El Arenal, Gro., México

Abstract

Of this research was to examine community ecological management from the perspective of women's roles, reflecting on new ways of understanding socio-environmental problems in the Tres Palos lagoon and the Arenal community.  A phenomenological approach was adopted, considering the processes of noema and noesis and the construction of spaces for dialogue and participation for women in the community. Twenty women who have lived in El Arenal for decades and interacted with the Tres Palos ecosystem were included. Underscore the need to give women a voice in the process of environmental conservation and to document their experiences as a conceptual basis for decision-making, as a starting point toward gender-equitable governance. These decisions, framed within environmental political management with an ecofeminist vision, spotlight the integrative, binding, and influential role of women. This research adopts a political approach to constructing ideas for addressing socio-environmental problems in strategic ecosystems. This research provides new insights into community-based environmental management and its relationship with local ecofeminism, highlighting interaction with community knowledge as a key strategy for addressing and mitigating human-caused ecological problems.