2.1. Study sites
The six studied communities are located across four states of
Southeast Mexico: namely in Veracruz, Campeche, Oaxaca and
Quintana Roo (Fig. 1). All selected sites are located inside or near
conservation initiatives, including PA, PES and ICCAs (Table 1). The
two sites in the state of Quintana Roo, namely Chunyaxche and
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (FCP), are located in the vicinity of the Sian
Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (SKBR), a UNESCO world heritage site
declared in 1978 and which has an extension of 652192.6 ha. Both