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...
