Indicators of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Use of Plant Diversity for Sustainable Development

Abstract

Mexico is a country biologically and culturally diverse, historically linked to peasant and indigenous people who derived livelihood from nature and contributing to generate the traditional ecological knowledge, which leads to sustainable resource management adapted to the availability, needs, and options. Internationally, it has been suggested the involvement of indigenous and local communities to generate plans of social development, biodiversity conservation, environmental impact assessments, enact laws, and for the generation of criteria and useful indicators in the evaluation and monitoring of the utilization of natural resources. The goal of sustainable development is to meet human needs and aspirations through the development of human progress towards protecting the future (ONU, 1992).