Donald A. Thomson, A Remembrance
By: Chris InAlbon and Christine Flanagan Donald A. Thomson, 90, passed away on May 20, 2022 his family by his side at his home in Tucson, Arizona. His research produced important contributions to knowledge about the Gulf of California, its ecosystems, and especially its ichthyofauna....
The rescue of a Whale
By: Abelardo Castillo | Associate Specialist in Social Geography and Wildlife Management. CEDO Intercultural On the morning of July 7, 2021, a fin whale Balaenoptera physalus was found stranded alive at El Mirador beach in Puerto Peñasco. The beached whale was reported to the local...
Life Between the Land and the Sea: A Look at What Makes the Intertidal Ecosystems of the Northern Gulf of California Unique
By: Jessica Potter As a child who loved the ocean but was reluctant to get into the water, I remember visiting Puerto Peñasco and being fascinated with all of the marine life I could see in the tide pools without even having to put my...
Sowing the Promise of Blue Carbon on the Watery Edge of a Blue Desert
By: Alberto Mellado, Erica Barnett, Laura Monti and Gary Paul Nabhan On a breezy winter day along the Sonoran coast of the Sea of Cortes in Mexico, six of us went wading into fragmented stands of mangroves in backwater lagoons. Our binational, multicultural team had...
Monitoring the pulse of the desert through avian monitoring in the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve
By: Aaron Flesch, Miguel Grageda García Monitoring the status and distribution of wildlife and vegetation are fundamental aspects of conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity and natural resources. Without solid baseline information on these and other parameters, individuals, habitats, and potentially entire populations or species...
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...
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...
Inseparable: Water, wetlands, and life
By: Laura Martínez Ríos, Executive Director, Pro Esteros Many of us have heard that wetlands are among the most economically valuable and most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. But surely, we’ve also heard that they are disappearing three times faster than forests, with dire consequences...
