habitat are rapidly being transformed by slash-and-burn agriculture techniques by subsistence farmers. This activity, though of a lesser extent within the Biosphere reserve, is rendering the cycad an endangered species. During the exceptional drought of 1998, forest fires have affected the cycad populations, including the locality studied within the La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve and biodiversity generally throughout the state of Chiapas
Population Trend
Decreasing
Sub-national Level
Unknown/not recorded
Additional Details (if available)
Annual & perennial non-timber crops
Name
Emma Hemmerlé
Scientific Name
Ceratozamia mirandae
Type of Use
Extractive (i.e., the entire organism or parts of the organism are removed from its environment)
Are specific characteristics/traits being targeted?
Unknown/not recorded
Purpose of Use
Cultural/spiritual
Additional Details (if available)
The farmer uses the species as an ornamental plant. Sometimes the leaves of C. mirandae are cut to adorn some religious event or festivity in some towns in the Frailesca region.
What is the main end use for any living organisms, parts or products taken/extracted?
Pérez Farrera, M.A. (n.d.) NDF Workshop Case Studies
WG 3 – Succulents and Cycads: Cycadales Spp. In Chiapas, Mexico (Ceratozamia Mirandae).
A program of conservation and propagation began through establishment of three nurseries in situ with three communities in the buffer zone in the Sepultura Biosphere Reserve in collaboration with personnel of this reserve, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas (UNI- CACH) and campesinos.
Threats/pressures impacting the species at the scale of this record