Political Change and Environmental Policymaking in Mexico targets As scientists predict that the

As scientists predict that the threat of dangerous climate change requires much more radical mitigation actions

the authors examine how actual scholars work

where do the concepts of the past

Incorporating research carried out over the last twenty years

We can still avert the doomsday scenario and choose more sustainable behavior

Political Change and Environmental Policymaking in Mexico targets As scientists predict that theThis book explores environmental policymaking in Mexico as a vehicle to understanding the broader changes in the policy process within a system undergoing a democratic transformation. It constitutes the first major analysis of environmental policymaking in Mexico at the national level, and examines the implementation of forestry policy in Mexico's largest rain forest, the Selva Lacandona of the state of Chiapas.