academic research. In Yucatan (Mexico), Maya communities, which continue to be centered
on millennia-old milpa-based agricultural systems, are particularly vulnerable to climate
change-related impacts such as drought. The Yucatan Peninsula is located between the
Gulf of Mexico (to the North) and the Caribbean Sea (to the South), covering an area of
nearly 44,000 km 2. Geopolitically, the Peninsula incorporates parts of the Mexican states of …