A high level of trust in the forester suggests that he has spent time building community capacity in forest management and that members can adequately monitor the forester's activities, trusting that management is proceeding according to regulations.
Second, trust in the forester is significantly related to forestry type, suggesting the forester's potential role as a gatekeeper of community appropriation of forest management activities by providing capacity building for forest management, a topic that will be explored in the following section.
The large majority of communities with forestry permits in Mexico, however, are Type 2 communities that participate in few forest management activities, instead contracting to timber companies and private foresters, which may raise questions about the social and ecological outcomes of these programs.
The topographically-induced differentiation of soils on inland dunes shown in this study can be applied by practices (e.g. foresters, restoration ecologists) in activities to increase the biodiversity of inland dune ecosystems as well as in land restoration (e.g. in dune fixation by vegetation).
(NGO worker in Michoacán) Interactions with External Actors A final example in Michoacán shows how CDO actors can aid in the process of capacity building while simultaneously teaching the community to be vigilant of the activities of foresters.
Both of these scenarios suggest weak interactions between the community members and the forester as well as low levels of involvement by the forester in community development activities.
As a consequence, professional foresters have increasingly become involved in activities related to the conservation of soil, water, and wildlife resources and to recreation.
When Western foresters literally do not see these activities, they also do not see different methods women have for using different trees for different purposes.
Finally, foresters must become qualified in community development activities, potentially through required training programs.
At one end of the spectrum of non-government actors are traditional private foresters who are trained in timber extraction activities and are paid a fee per cubic meter of timber demarcated for felling.
