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    CITES Sanctions Mexico as Protections for Vaquita Fall Short

    CITES Sanctions Mexico as Protections for Vaquita Fall Short

    The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has announced sanctions against Mexico, asserting that the country’s efforts to protect the critically endangered vaquita are failing. Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) are the rarest marine mammal on the planet, with only about 10 individuals of the species remaining, according to the […]

    Mexico Opens Up the Only Remaining Vaquita Habitat to Fishing

    Mexico Opens Up the Only Remaining Vaquita Habitat to Fishing

    By Elizabeth Claire Alberts The Mexican government will no longer protect the habitat of the critically endangered vaquita in the Upper Gulf of California, but has opened the area up to fishing, according to a news report. It’s estimated that there are only about nine vaquitas left in the world.The vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a bathtub-sized […]

    85% of Mexico Is in a Drought

    85% of Mexico Is in a Drought

    Lakes and reservoirs are drying up as 85% of Mexico is in a drought, with Mexico City in its worst drought in 30 years. Major reservoirs that supply the capital’s 9 million residents are more than half empty, a result of three consecutive extremely dry years, and about 75% of the country’s second-largest lake is […]

    The Lobstermen of Eastern Yucatán

    The Lobstermen of Eastern Yucatán

    By Agostino Petroni and Sandali Handagama José “Josh” Catzim Castillo, a 25-year-old lobster fisher, circles a hollow concrete box resting on the seafloor, just off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. He slips a snare into the box and shakes it. Three spiny lobsters, or langostas, shoot out and try to flee, but Castillo is […]

    Mexican Communities Are Trying to Protect an Endangered Fir Forest

    Mexican Communities Are Trying to Protect an Endangered Fir Forest

    By Agustín del Castillo For 20 years, the Colima fir tree (Abies colimensis) has been at the heart of many disputes to conserve the temperate forests of southern Jalisco, a state in central Mexico. Today, the future of this tree rests upon whether the area’s avocado crops will advance further and whether neighboring communities will […]

    Powerful Earthquake Kills at Least Six in Mexico

    Powerful Earthquake Kills at Least Six in Mexico

    A powerful earthquake rattled Mexico Tuesday, killing at least six people, Reuters reported. Mexico’s national seismological service said the quake had a magnitude of 7.5 while the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put it at 7.4, according to The New York Times. It struck around 10:29 a.m. local time and was centered about 14 miles off […]