North America - Environmental Problems and Protection

Tension is palpable on the streets of Cheran, a town in the mountains of Michoacan state, western Mexico, where desperate residents have declared a state of siege.After months of growing violence related to illegal logging, residents from the Purepecha community of some ...

Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant aquifer under Mexico's "Riviera Maya," a new study shows.The report published in the journal Environmental Pollution argues that the waste contaminates a vast labyrinth of water-filled caves under the ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican mining giant Grupo Mexico said on Tuesday it is seeking evidence from a U.S. federal regulator that it thinks could show its Asarco subsidiary paid $210 million in excess environmental fines.Copper miner and railroad operator Grupo Mexico ...

NOH-BEC, Mexico (Reuters) - Community leaders managing a fragment of ancient Mexican jungle say their approach to logging precious hardwoods protects rare jaguar and may guide nearby U.N. climate talks seeking a forest blueprint.Community forest management means giving land ownership to local ...

AGUA BENDITA, Mexico (Reuters) - Local landowners collectively running a small lumber yard in the pine forests of central Mexico say they are making profits from logging and cutting carbon emissions at the same time.Eleven communities share one sawmill in the town ...

Mexico City to close huge landfill, among world's largest, due to environmental worriesOne of the world's largest landfills is to be closed next year because of worries that the more than 12,000 tons of garbage deposited there daily could contaminate the aquifer, ...

As you may already know, willow trees are not a single species, as there are approximately 400 different species of willows that thrive throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Many willows are endemic to North America , and are often used to complement garden ...

NASA is currently producing a new type of map of the world's forests, using satellite-based laser technology. Instead, what scientists hope to gain from the new space laser map of the world's forests is an understanding of how much carbon the world's ...

Hair lichens are mysterious, slow-growing life forms that only grow in areas with clean, pristine air and plenty of moisture. In the past, Native peoples of North America used hair lichens both for nourishment and medicinal purposes. Large volumes of hair lichens ...

Between 1990 and 2005, Mexico lost over 11 million acres of forest for various reasons, but with conversion to?agriculture and grazing as the leading causes. Overpopulation in Mexico is mainly confined to the major urban areas, but conversion of land to farming ...

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Topic: North America

Mexican indigenous community takes on armed gangs

Pollutants may threaten Mexico's coast: study

Groupo Mexico seeks to claw back fines it paid

Mexican foresters invoke less destructive logging

Mexico eyes climate funds for locally run forests

Mexico to close landfill, among world's largest

Willows: Identification and uses

NASA uses space lasers to map the world's forests

Hair lichens: Identification and uses

Desertification in Mexico

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