May 18, 2012
May 15, 2012
As written in IPS-Inter Press Service, May 2012, by Edgardo Ayala
SAN SALVADOR, May 14, 2012 (IPS) - After decades of struggle, indigenous people in El Salvador will finally be recognised in the constitution – a first step towards recovering their community identity, which they have been denied by the state and by society at large.
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May 8, 2012
As written by Julio Reyna Quiroz on May 8, 2012
Mexican migration to the U.S. have begun to threaten community forest management and break down local assemblies, explained David Kaimowitz, director of sustainable development at the Ford Foundation, in a press conference.
Researchers from the National Autonomous University...
April 23, 2012
Preview for "La Revolución Forestal" available on YouTube (Spanish)
More information available on the National Geographic Channel (Spanish)
In commemoration of Earth day, on April 22 Greenpeace and National...
April 2, 2012
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY, Apr 2, 2012 (IPS) - Despite the key role they play in caring for natural resources in the face of climate change, rural women in Mexico do not benefit from payments for environmental services, say activists and experts.
"Women help in the tasks of reforestation and taking care of water resources, but there is no gender focus in the management of natural resources," Victoria Santos, who lives in the town of...