Mexico is determined to restore populations of its largest native predator, the jaguar, to long term viability, writes Kent Paterson. That means creating millions of acres of ecological corridors across the country, and joining with US colleagues to secure large areas of habitat in southwestern states, where recent sightings give hope that jaguars are returning to their former range.
… From Yucatan to Arizona, from Sonora to New Mexico: the return of the jaguar Kent Paterson | 13th November 2015 Activism Mexico USA Xonservation Predators Mammals Ecology jaguar-cut.jpg Mexico is determined to restore populations of …
A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
… Mexico's poor suffer as food speculation fuels … corn is sold on almost every street in Mexico A surge in financial speculation on … for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and …
A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
… Mexico's poor suffer as food speculation fuels … corn is sold on almost every street in Mexico A surge in financial speculation on … for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and …
Hollywood blockbusters comprise a consumer fantasy that ignores the violent nature of global capitalism and corporate extraction.
… | 22nd October 2019 News Thought Leaders Mexico Copper Mines Corporate Propaganda … onto a ship in a port owned by Grupo México, Mexico’s largest Mexican mining company. A … The last Hollywood blockbuster movie I saw in Mexico City was The Martian, directed by …
The world's smallest porpoise is fast heading to extinction, writes Aron White thanks to Mexico's failure to ban the use of gillnets in its range, and China's illegal imports of totoaba fish swim bladders, used in Chinese medicine. Without urgent and effective action the vaquita will soon disappear for good.
… Vaquita going extinct as Mexico, China, dither Aron White EIA | 6th … 2017 News Cetaceans Mammals Oceans Fishing Mexico China USA Extinction … to extinction, writes Aron White thanks to Mexico's failure to ban the use of gillnets in …
Mexico puts US to shame on climate action, but new president’s pledge on oil industry is worrying.
… Climate action and oil in Mexico Thomas L Muinzer | 17th June 2019 News Climate Action Mexico Thought Leaders kuwaiti_oil_well_fire.jpg Mexico puts US to shame on climate action, but …
Mexico's oil looks set to run out within a decade, writes Jeremy Leggett, and it can hardly rely on Trump's America to make up the difference. But Mexico enjoys abundant sunshine, and the cost of solar power generation is falling fast. Let Trump tie America's economy to debt-financed fossil fuels. Mexico's future prosperity will come from harnessing its inexhaustible solar riches.
… Mexico's expiring oil and Trump's wall: the … Comment Renewables Fossil Fuels Oil Energy Mexico USA nogales-border-mexico-cut.jpg Mexico's oil looks set to run …
Silver, indigenous Huichol communities and the peyote they venerate have co-existed in Wirikuta, northern Mexico for thousands of years, writes Kurt Hollander. But it's become an increasingly troubled relationship, one that illustrates the deepest conflicts of Mexican society. The region is protected as a UNESCO Natural Sacred Area, but foreign mining companies are determined to exploit vast concessions that pose severe threats to the fragile landscape, its inhabitants and their ancient culture.
… Kurt Hollander | 30th May 2017 News Mexico Indigenous Peoples Mining … have co-existed in Wirikuta, northern Mexico for thousands of years, writes Kurt … town perched on a 9,000 foot promontory in Mexico's northern state of San Luis Potosi, …
The Mexican Government spends millions trying to stop the spread of mosquito-borne viruses like dengue, chikungunya and - more recently - zika. Could the solution be as simple as a kind of mosquito ‘hatchery' made of old tyres to create an inviting breeding ground from which eggs and larvae can be destroyed? FOREST RAY reports.
… a new and affordable mosquito trap in rural Mexico Forest Ray | 2nd November 2016 News Mosquito Dengue Zika Chikungunya Mexico ovillanta_1.jpg The Mexican Government … houses in Troncones - a small town in Mexico's Guerrero state that lies half hidden …
A combination of free trade and volatile food speculation is squeezing small-scale Mexican maize farmers and allowing agribusiness to dominate. Photos by Adriana Chow
… Mexico's corn heritage eroded by free-trade … or corn plants in the world were grown in Mexico thousands of years ago (Images by … to dominate. Photos by Adriana Chow Mexico has been growing corn for thousands of …
A project to mine 225,000 acres of seabed in Baja California's San Ignacio lagoon threatens the myriad sea life of the area, writes Haydée Rodríguez: not just Gray whales but Blues, Humpbacks and Loggerhead turtles, from noise, disturbance and radioactive releases.
… Undersea phosphate mine threatens Mexico's Gray whale nursery Haydée Rodríguez | 12th June 2015 News Oceans Mining Cetaceans Mexico … to the warm waters of Baja California Sur in Mexico. In Baja California Sur whales birth …
Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling despite protection of their wintering forests in Mexico, and voluntary schemes to restore their food plant, milkweed, in US field margins, writes Eva Sirinathsinghji. These measures alone are insufficient: no less than an end to the mass spraying of glyphosate on crops, predicated by 'Roundup-ready' GM corn and soy, will do.
… Biodiversity Natural World USA GMOs Farming Mexico Forests Conservation monarch-cut.jpg … protection of their wintering forests in Mexico, and voluntary schemes to restore their … mile winter migration from N. America to Mexico before returning to breed in the …
Scientists are urging the Biden administration to protect the endangered Gulf of Mexico whale from extinction - which are under threat due to fossil fuel extraction.
… Dahnoun | 14th October 2022 | News Gulf Of Mexico Conservation Editor’s Picks … to protect the endangered Gulf of Mexico whale from extinction - which are under … protection of the endangered Gulf of Mexico whale. Since the Marine Mammal …
The Canadian company Alamos Gold operates some very controversial gold mines in both Mexico and Turkey.
… Canadian corporate cruelty in Mexico Joan Martinez-Alier | 30th August 2019 News Mining Canada Turkey Mexico Gold Thought Leaders gold turkey forest … some very controversial gold mines in both Mexico and Turkey. Alamos Gold has two mines …
A tourism boom in the Yucatán Peninsula is threatening the delicately balanced ecosystems of the Laguna Bacalar. We must regulate tourism and pollution to better protect the ancient organisms that have thrived in its waters, argues HARRY SHEPHERD
… Tourism in Mexico threatens to wipe out one of the … Harry Shepherd | 13th September 2018 Comment Mexico Tourism Extinction Wildlife … Laguna Bacalar, on the southern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, is truly a …
The world's demand for protein will continue to rise, even as the environmental impacts of meat production become clearer. Could turning to commonly eaten insect species be the answer?
… eaten insect species be the answer? In Mexico, insects have been an integral part of … other large mammals became extinct in Central Mexico around 7000 BC, people needed another … the bill perfectly. The indigenous groups in Mexico had no word specifically for insects, …
Mexico's tourist resort of Cancún has just lost one of its greatest natural riches, writes Miguel Rivas: 57 hectares of species rich mangrove forest, bulldozed in a massive overnight attack by property developers in league with local officials. But people power can still win the battle and see the Tajamar mangroves restored.
… But hope grows again! Miguel Rivas Greenpeace Mexico | 17th February 2016 Comment Mexico Oceans Forests Development Tourism Law … Mexico's tourist resort of Cancún has just …
New Mexico’s chilli farmers are under threat. The film 'Red, green of GE?' hears from those concerned about the potentially devastating effects GMO crops would have on the New Mexico chilli.
… New Mexico's traditional chilies are threatened by … Gm GE Genetically Modified Crops Seeds New Mexico Biotechnology Campaigns Natural World … And Farming Redgreen_chili_MAIN_1.jpg New Mexico’s chilli farmers are under threat. The …
In a major investigation and film, the Ecologist takes a look at how volatile financial speculation on food commodities is causing hunger and poverty in Mexico - and around the world
… commodities is causing hunger and poverty in Mexico - and around the world Financial … trading. The Ecologist Film Unit travelled to Mexico - one of the first countries to … impacted people. Tom Levitt reports from Mexico on how the surge in financial …
The disposal of human faces from the world's megacities is expensive and hazardous to health. But new technologies have emerged that mean we can use what we flush away to make electronic goods, fuel our buses and even bring huge health benefits, discovers KURT HOLLANDER.
… Kurt Hollander | 5th July 2017 News Shit Mexico India parkinglot.jpg The disposal of … KURT HOLLANDER. I have been living in Mexico City for more than twenty-five years … system and leach down into the earth beneath Mexico City, seeping into the well water used …
The 3,100km concrete wall Donald Trump plans to build along the US-Mexico border would be a disaster for the border zone's ecosystems, writes Shonil Bhagwat. Among the species at risk: ocelots, bears, Bighorn sheep, the US's last wild jaguars facing genetic isolation north of the border, and the Bald eagle, the US's national bird.
… February 2017 Comment Ecology Politics USA Mexico Extinction notice-cut.jpg The 3,100km … wall Donald Trump plans to build along the US-Mexico border would be a disaster for the … have severe ecological consequences. The US-Mexico border is around 1,900 miles (3,100 km) …
Thanks to herbicide use on GMO crops in the US and Canada, Monarch butterfly numbers have crashed - the milkweeds the larvae feed on now survive mainly in 'conservation reserve' land and roadsides - and there's a 5% chance the Monarch will be extinct within 100 years.
… Pleasants | 10th June 2014 News Ecology USA Mexico Canada Farming GMOs Natural World … to spend winters in the mountain forests of Mexico. But despite growing problems with deforestation in Mexico, their struggle begins at home in the …
Mexico's conquistadors outlawed amaranth - a highly nutritious seed farmed by the indigenous peoples for millennia - due to its use in religious rituals. But it's now being hailed as a 'superfood', writes Anna Bruce, and a growing number of Mexican campesinos are once again cultivating the 'noble plant' among their corn, squash and beans.
… Anna Bruce | 25th October 2014 Comment Mexico Indigenous Peoples Farming Food History amaranth-seedhead-cut.jpg Mexico's conquistadors outlawed amaranth - a … re-introduced as a staple food to Oaxaca, Mexico, to help tackle malnutrition in the …
Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement.
… Food Farming Corporations The Land India USA Mexico Trade Health Society chilis-cut.jpg … grow less of their own food. What happened in Mexico under the banner of 'free trade' is … trade agreements like NAFTA and its impact on Mexico or, more generally, deregulated global …