@incollection{fdi:010064344, title = {{T}ransforming nature and coastal areas into heritage : the case of the {C}elestún and {R}ía {L}agartos {B}iosphere {R}eserves, {Y}ucatán, {M}exico}, author = {{D}oyon, {S}. and {S}abinot, {C}atherine}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n the wake of different studies, the intention in this chapter is to perform a critical examination of the process of turning nature into heritage. {S}uch a study, if used as a management tool, may help to yield broader debate on environmental governance. {T}o do this we shall look at the two elements that lie at the heart of creating heritage, namely conserving and enhancing the value of a terroir particularly through ecotourism and other productive environmental activities under way in the two {B}iosphere {R}eserves of the {Y}ucatán : {C}elestún and {R}ía {L}agartos. {I}t seems that a heritage creation process is taking place, as the sign at the entrance of the {R}ía {L}agartos reserve and the management plans of each {R}eserve suggest. {I}t is, however, rather discrete, as no other indication has so far been detected in the rhetoric of the different stakeholders on the {Y}ucatán coast. {D}oes it really point to the emergence of a heritage process ? {I}s this the starting point for such a process ? {W}hat are the potential social, economic and political implications of such a process ? {D}oes it help to reduce unequal relations or does it exacerbate social and economic marginalisation ?}, keywords = {{ZONE} {COTIERE} ; {RESERVE} {NATURELLE} ; {PATRIMOINE} {NATUREL} ; {TOURISME} ; {PECHE} {MARITIME} ; {SEL} ; {TERROIR} ; {ECONOMIE} {DES} {PECHES} ; {ENVIRONNEMENT} ; {GESTION} {DE} {L}'{ENVIRONNEMENT} ; {INEGALITE} {SOCIALE} ; {PATRIMOINE} {CULTUREL} ; {HERITAGE} ; {PROTECTION} {DU} {PATRIMOINE} ; {ECOTOURISME} ; {MEXIQUE} ; {YUCATAN}}, booktitle = {{R}evisiting the coast : new practices in maritime heritage}, numero = {}, pages = {61--79}, address = {{G}irona}, publisher = {{I}nstitut {C}atal{\`a} de {R}ecerca en {P}atrimoni {C}ultural}, series = {}, year = {2014}, ISBN = {978-84-998424-5-5}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064344}, }