Oil Palm, Red Flags in the Mexican Southeast
An in-depth look at the role and impact of the African Oil Palm monoculture in the Mexican Southeast.
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Deforestation
Work on the Tren Maya (Mayan Train) has deforested 6,659 hectares: CartoCrítica
Satellite analyses by CartoCritica reveal the scale of deforestation by work on the so-called Mayan Train. Further investigations reveal that the felling of trees for the works, which were largely conducted by the Secretary of National Defense personnel, was not authorized by the Secretary of the Environment prior to the deforestation.
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“The Land is Not For Sale”: Defenders in the Face of the Mis-named Mayan Train
Avispa Midia interviews Mayan land defenders of the CNI of their experience with the mis-named megaproject, the Mayan Train.
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International Tribunal Accuses the Mexican State of violating Human Rights with the Mayan Train
The International Tribunal on the Rights of Nature met in Valladolid, Yucatán this weekend for a hearing on the impacts of the Mayan Train – it holds the Mexican State responsible for the violation of individual and collective human rights, the rights of nature and the biocultural rights of the Mayan people, and demands immediate suspension of the project.
Sembrando Vida: Counterinsurgency, Neoliberalism, and Clientelism
Ana de Ita states, in not addressing the campesino agrarian nuclei as collective owners of the land, but instead as individuals, choosing some and not others —the end of this term will not see a single difference, neither in the reduction of poverty, nor in reforestation and care for the forest.”
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