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...
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...
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...
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...
A Few Thoughts on the Importance of Fishing and Aquaculture in Sonora
By: Dr. Miguel Ángel Cisneros Mata | Researcher at National Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture Three important elements converged in 2020: 1) The 25th anniversary of the publication of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (FAO 1995). 2) The mandate to achieve the key...
In Memoriam: Richard Felger
By: Sula Vanderplank | Director of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Conservation Program, Pronatura Noroeste Dr. Richard Stephen Felger was born in 1934 and grew up in Los Angeles where he loved to visit the tide pools… he once told me that he started out as a...
A Tri-national Approach to Fighting Food Loss and Waste in North America
By: Antonia Andúgar Miñarro, Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Introduction It is estimated that each year, food loss and waste (FLW) in North America amounts to 168 million tons of the food produced for human consumption. This waste occurs throughout the food supply chain in...
FONNOR | An Environmental Fund for the Northwest.
Paola Bauche Petersen, María José Mesén Arias, Cristina Nieto Enrigue, Azucena Mercado Rodríguez, Carolina Salinas García, Velna Mayoral Benoit, Fabiola Gómez Salas y José Machorro Reyes. FONNOR, A.C. was born in October 2013 as a private regional fund to channel resources, align efforts, and strengthen...
