The El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve: 28 years of history and counting
By: Biol. Carlos Castillo Sánchez. Senior Conservation Specialist, Wildlands Network Mexico Program It was at the beginning of the 80's when a group of researchers headed by Dr. Ezequiel Ezcurra from the UNAM Institute of Ecology visited the Sierra del Pinacate region. In 1981, they...
The Fusion of Ingredients: Sonora, a State with great gastronomic wealth
By: Neftalí Ponce Hernández, Chef and owner of A la Burguer con el Chef, Executive Chef at Vidanta Puerto Peñasco. Today we address a small portion of the wide and rich gastronomy of a Municipality such as Puerto Peñasco, which shelters us and gives us...
Community Center and School of the Sea reopened in Ejido Rodolfo Campodónico
By: CEDO Intercultural. On Saturday June 19, and to continue with the World Oceans Day celebrations, we reopened a public space at the Ejido Rodolfo Campodónico, in Caborca, Sonora. The space was restored, equipped, and prepared to function as a Community Center, Virtual Classroom and...
Puerto Peñasco Celebrates World Oceans Day
By: CEDO Intercultural. As part of the celebration of World Oceans Day, the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) in collaboration with Greater Good Charities, Free the Ocean, the Puerto Peñasco City Council through the office of Ecology and Zofemat, as...
In Remembrance of Jeanette E. Clifton. Who Made Every Day a Gift
By: Peggy J. Turk Boyer. For those who had the good fortune to know Jeanette Clifton, her warm heart, wonderful smile, and gracious way will endure in our hearts. Jeanette lived life fully, following her creed that “Every Day is a Gift”. She was born...
dataMares: A Sea of Data on Mexico’s Natural Capital
By: Catalina López-Sagástegui. General Manager, dataMares. In recent years, access to information has become one of the priority issues among academics, civil society organizations, and governments. All the decisions we make in our daily lives are based on information that is available to us. From...
Are you among the “plant blind”?
By: Christine Flanagan, Board President of CEDO Inc Climate change, drought, increasing heat, wildfires—all are in the news and the feeling of dread is getting harder to ignore. Even if you turn off your TV, radio, and computer, and stop the newspaper, the headlines and...
Fishing – A Fascinating Profession
By: M.S. René Loaiza, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Manager, CEDO Fishing represents the livelihood and income for approximately 12 million people around the world. Around 90% of these people fish in small boats. The Gulf of California in Mexico is a provider of food and...
The Wall
By: Ana Valerie Mandri Rohen, Founder and CEO of Zamia Media Working in an environmental organization is not easy. In front of you, there's always a monumental-sized wall, with alarming figures, unattainable goals, a countdown that shows little time left, all wrapped by a membrane...
In Remembrance of Carl N. Hodges at Puerto Peñasco, Sonora
By: Peggy J. Turk Boyer, Founder/Executive Director Emeritus, CEDO Intercultural This past April 2, 2021, news broke of the inauguration of a full-scale desalinization plant at Puerto Peñasco that would augment a diminishing water supply in this extremely dry desert region[1]. The following day, April...
