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.
Cancún's mangroves are destroyed. But hope grows again! Miguel Rivas Greenpeace Mexico | 17th February 2016 Comment Mexico Oceans Forests Development Tourism Law Protest …
Overtaken by massive regional trade agreements like TPP, TTIP, CETA and TINA, the World Trade Organisation has slipped into the background, writes Polly Jones. But this week it's back with a vengeance, with its first big meeting in two years. The US's plan is to globalise the investment protection regime set out in the TTP, and open a new era of corporate rule and the eradication of democracy.
… News Trade Finance Politics UK USA wto-demo-cancun-cut.jpg Overtaken by massive regional …
Reports of severe flooding around the UK, widely believed to be linked to climate change, pour in. But Owen Paterson, reports Sophie Morlin-Yron, has sharply cut the budget for coping with the effects of climate change.
… the 2010 UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun which required Defra to give £140m to …
A small fishing community in Mexico's Baja California is playing involuntary host to a gigantic tourism and real estate development, writes Viviane Mahieux. And while the branding of the Tres Santos resort is all about mindfulness, ecology and sustainability, the reality is one of big money, high level politics, and the unaccountable deployment of state violence against those who dare oppose it.
Brutal, opaque, illegal: the dark side of the Tres Santos 'mindfulness' eco-tourism resort Viviane Mahieux | 29th April 2016 News Mexico USA Development Oceans Fishing Finance Tourism …