Correction: Mesa-Sierra et al. Quantifying the Potential of the Tropical Dry Region of the Gulf of Mexico to Provide Tree Species with Traditional Uses for Forest-Reliant Communities. Wild 2024, 1, 1–16

Citation Elimination

In the original publication [1], Singh, J.S.; Chaturvedi, R.K. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest: Research Trends and Emerging Features; Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, 2017; ISBN 981-10-7259-0 was cited. The citation has now been deleted in the Introduction section, Paragraph Number two and should read as follows:

“As a result of such misperception, conservation interests often ignore social and economic circumstances, such as intensification of migration, which leads to abandonment of rural activities; public policies that promote agriculture and cattle ranching activities, like the Idle Lands Law enacted in 1920 in Mexico, which stated that all those lands that did not host an economic activity (e.g., forests) were considered unproductive; and effects of land tenure, which, in the case of Mexico, is mostly community property or Ejidal [5,14–16]. However, most tropical dry regions around the world have already been affected by anthropogenic activities, often for millennia, and conservation strategies should include a holistic approach that recognizes the contributions that forests make to overall livelihood strategies of local people [17,18]. In Mexico, these regions have been inhabited by various Mesoamerican cultures using resources intensively. Human-modified landscapes dominate much of the tropics, and sound management must recognize the different elements (e.g., ecosystems, human settlements, economic activities) interacting in order to develop plans that not only focus on preserving remnant vegetation to maintain ecological functions and biodiversity, but to ensure the wellbeing of local communities with sustainable activities and ecosystem services supply [5,19,20]. Conservation policy makers need basic biological and socioeconomic information, as well as understanding of local people’s perceptions of their environment, to formulate effective management plans [21,22].”

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused, since this exceeds the authors’ responsibilities for infringements by third parties, and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. It is very important that the editorial committee consider that this change affects the numbering of all references in the manuscript from the second paragraph onwards, and that they must be updated.