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Mexico Top Court Cancels Mining Concessions Near Indigenous Communities [42]

"Two controversial mining concessions on Indigenous land were canceled after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that residents were not consulted."

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Source: Mongabay [44], 02/22/2022

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Climate Crisis May Quickly Confront U.S., World With National Security Threats [45]

The climate-security nexus has drawn attention from the Biden administration, but less so elsewhere, even as security experts worry about climate change as a threat multiplier that can exacerbate other causes of conflict. Our new Backgrounder explores these concerns, with a look at how the issue has played out in recent U.S. politics. Plus, seven global regions where climate change may worsen ongoing conflict.

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"US Files 1st USMCA Environment Case On Mexico Over Porpoise" [52]

"The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office filed the first environmental complaint against Mexico Thursday for failing to protect the critically endangered vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise."

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Source: AP [53], 02/11/2022

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"Mexican Town Protects Forest From Avocado Growers, Cartels" [54]

"Regular citizens have taken the fight against illegal logging into their own hands in the pine-covered mountains of western Mexico, where loggers clear entire hillsides for avocado plantations that drain local water supplies and draw drug cartels hungry for extortion money."

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Source: AP [56], 01/31/2022

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"Science Is Trying To Conserve The Monarch Butterfly’s Forests" [57]

"A team of Mexican scientists are developing a successful experiment that allows for the recovery and maintenance of endemic trees in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve that provide a habitat for monarch butterflies every winter."

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Source: Mongabay [58], 01/18/2022

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Mexico’s Wheat Fields Releasing A Dangerous Greenhouse Gas [59]

"In the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains, the carcasses of starving cattle rotted in a bone-dry reservoir. Useless fishing nets hung on dusty fences. Rowboats were stranded in the sand. Down on the valley floor, Rafael Parra bent to the work of feeding the world — and unintentionally warming it."

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Source: Washington Post [60], 12/23/2021

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Warming Will Make Undocumented Migration Into US ‘Increasingly Dangerous’ [61]

"The already perilous desert crossing from Mexico to the US will become more dangerous as the climate warms, new research says."

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Source: Carbon Brief [62], 12/20/2021

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‘Wild Souls’ Explores Paradox of Managing Species To Save Them [63]

What does wildness mean when humans interfere with the lives of wild animals in order to protect them? A new volume, “Wild Souls,” explores that dilemma, whether arising through captive breeding programs to reintroduce the California condor and the gray wolf, by allowing hybridization or through the use of gene-editing tools. A review from BookShelf contributor Jenny Weeks.

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New Reporting Network Aims To Make Connections in the Mississippi Basin [67]

The Mississippi River and its tributaries drain more than 40% of the continent, but most coverage of environmental stories within the Mississippi Basin is localized and siloed. The recently launched Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk hopes to help news outlets provide region-wide reporting that contextualizes issues like climate change-driven flooding and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.

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