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Servant Leadership: A Critical Component in the Conservation of Natural Resources – An Intercultural Approach

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership

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  • Francisco J. Rosado-May

    (Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo)

  • Valeria B. Cuevas-Albarrán

    (Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo)

  • Olivia Hernández-González

    (Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo)

  • Nelsy F. Jiménez Pat

    (Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo)

Abstract

Under the assumption that leadership plays a critical role in explaining the conservation of natural resources and acknowledging that, in Indigenous territories, around 80% of the world’s natural resources are safeguarded, this chapter describes a case study in a Yucatec Maya community where the following question was addressed: what model of leadership is related to the success in the conservation of forest in Noh Bec, Quintana Roo, Mexico? For over 80 years, the leadership in this community worked with non-Indigenous representatives of governmental and nongovernmental organizations in successful programs related to the sustainability of their forest. The forest in Noh Bec is only part of a much larger area known as the Selva Maya, which includes the Yucatan Peninsula, Tabasco, and Chiapas, in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala; Selva Maya is considered today the largest tropical forest in good conservation status in Mesoamerica. The case study suggests, as a first approximation, that the interaction of the stakeholders, each from different culture, has been and still is a successful intercultural process in which the leadership model related to the success in the sustainable management of the forest in Noh Bec is servant leadership.

Suggested Citation

  • Francisco J. Rosado-May & Valeria B. Cuevas-Albarrán & Olivia Hernández-González & Nelsy F. Jiménez Pat, 2023. "Servant Leadership: A Critical Component in the Conservation of Natural Resources – An Intercultural Approach," Springer Books, in: Gary E. Roberts (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership, chapter 37, pages 895-915, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-01323-2_52
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-01323-2_52
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