Other publications

Betancourt, Mauricio. 2021. “El papel de la ciencia en la URSS: un esbozo de la ecología y las ciencias ambientales soviéticas.” Palabras Pendientes 14:70-77.

I provide an overview of some scientific and environmental developments in the Soviet Union, such as the concept of biogeocoenose, the biosphere, and some forest conservation policies. You can find this article here (in Spanish).

González, Cecilia, Cristina Alonso, Emilio Mora, Mauricio Betancourt, Adriana Uscanga, and Mariana Benítez. 2017. “Modos de producción agrícola y conservación de la biodiversidad en México.” Biodiversitas 132:3-6.

This article examines two intertwined crises: the food crisis and the loss of biodiversity crisis. Commonly, each of these two problems is addressed in an isolated –and even antagonistic– way, when in fact both are deeply interconnected. We analyze the relationship between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Mexico, focusing on the effects of different modes of agricultural production upon the dynamics of fragmented biotic communities in the landscape. You can read this article here (in Spanish).

Betancourt, Mauricio. 2016. “En torno al entorno: Pensamiento ambiental y literatura.” pp. 43-59 in Naturaleza, ciencia y sociedad: Cuarenta años de pensamiento crítico-interdisciplinario en la Facultad de Ciencias de la UNAM. 1^st ed., edited by F. Guerrero Mc Manus, E. Vizcaya Xilotl, and O. Valadez Blanco. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: Facultad de Ciencias and CopIt-arXives.

This book chapter, part of a work commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the course Nature and Society at UNAM’s School of Sciences, explores the relationship between Romantic and indigenous literature, materialism, and environmentalism. You can read it here (in Spanish).