
México: organización comunitaria, el mejor abrigo para el cuidado de los bosques
23 June 2022
Solo ramas y pedazos de troncos tirados en el suelo quedaron donde antes había bosque. Eso fue lo que dejaron los taladores ilegales que, entre 2008 y 2011, entraron a la zona forestal de la comunidad de Cherán, en la región purépecha de Michoacán. En tres años, la devastación alcanzó a cerca de…

Decree Amending Several Provisions of Mexico’s General Law of Sustainable Forestry Development
10 May 2021
On April 26, 2021, the Decree amending several provisions of Mexico’s General Law of Sustainable Forestry Development was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF). The Decree is effective as of April 27. In relevant part, the Decree’s amendments include the following: Changes to land use of…

Mexico: Community forestry boosts conservation, jobs, and social benefits
22 January 2020
More than 2,000 communal landholdings known as ejidos, and communities, have organized themselves to carry out sustainable management of forests in their territory. In states such as Oaxaca, Michoacán, Durango, Chihuahua and Quintana Roo there are examples of communities that have managed to…
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Young Indigenous women from Mexico and Morocco unite for COP27
16 November 2022
When Fatima Zahrae Taribi, a 20-year-old Moroccan climate justice advocate, met Luz Edith Morales Jimenez, a young land defender from Michoacán, Mexico, she wondered how they could communicate. Zahrae speaks French, Arabic, and English, and Morales speaks Spanish and Purépecha, an Indigenous…

Webinar: What Works for Women on Collective Lands? (Panel 1)
Sharing practical strategies for empowering women on collectively-held lands Panel will be presented in English and simultaneous interpretation will be available in Spanish and Portuguese. Ideal for timezones in the Americas, Atlantic, and West Africa regions.