By Carolina Pulice JOSE CARDEL, Mexico (Reuters) - Every year millions of birds glide the air currents between Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental mountain.
By Carolina Pulice JOSE CARDEL, Mexico (Reuters) - Every year millions of birds glide the air currents between Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental mountain.
In December 2004, the worst tsunami in recorded history devastated the region encircling the Indian Ocean, killing more than 200,000 people in 14 countries. One year later, researchers showed that mangrove forests confer protection from the sea: They reduced the energy of the tsunami waves, protecting villages near them from major damage. Since then, initiatives […]
International wildlife trade regulator CITES recently decided to allow an aquaculture company in Mexico to export captive-raised totoabas, a large fish categorized as being in danger of extinction under Mexican law. The fishing and international trade of the totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) have been prohibited for more than 40 years, yet illegal fishing for it persists […]
To meet the skyrocketing demand for mezcal, Mexican producers are over-harvesting wild agaves, threatening their landscape's biodiversity. Some ecologists and producers are now trying to preserve these plants.