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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Mexican Rebels Withdraw From Reserve |
| 2004-10-14 |
| Leftist Zapatista rebels announced Wednesday they will voluntarily withdraw seven squatter settlements from an endangered jungle nature reserve, a move that may mark the end a decade-long standoff with authorities. The rebels' insistence on allowing farmers to move into the Montes Azules nature reserve and clear plots there had placed the leftist movement on a collision course with environmentalists trying to defend what little remained of the rain forest. While the rebels said they would not leave the reserve entirely, their decision to withdraw from the most isolated of their settlements may stem the steady invasion and deforestation of the Lacandon jungle, the largest remaining swath of rain forest in North America. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I'm not sure, but this might be where the Monarch butterflies migrate to for the winter. One of the areas, anyway. BTW, the Monarch migration has started. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-10-14 7:36:36 PM |
| #5 Are we talking about jungles? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-14 5:38:16 PM |
| #4 I'm not sure, but this might be where the Monarch butterflies migrate to for the winter. Last winter there weren't enough trees, and it rained a lot. As a result, well more than 50% died; concern was loudly voiced that the butterflies might soon become extinct. However, Darwin's observation that all creatures have significantly more offspring than -- in general -- the environment can support holds true for Monarchs as well. By the end of the summer their numbers were observed to be at historical levels. Ain't Nature grand! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-14 11:58:45 AM |
| #3 The rebels' insistence on allowing farmers to move into the Montes Azules nature reserve and clear plots there had placed the leftist movement on a collision course with environmentalists trying to defend what little remained of the rain forest. Rats. This could've been a good "pop-corn moment", that is, had anyone in the US MSM been covering it. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-10-14 11:16:58 AM |
| #2 Xactly. Big, big forest and lotsa rain. That's why it is called NorthWet. Maybe they meant Tropical Rainforest. Pacific Northwest has Temperate Rainforest. The problem with Tropical Rainforest in Mexico is that there is not much of it. Most of it is located through Central American countries, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costarica and Panama. |
| Posted by: Memesis 2004-10-14 8:33:03 AM |
| #1 "the largest remaining swath of rain forest in North America." Isn't Mexico part of N.A.? Guess this guy has never been to the Pacific Northwest. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-10-14 8:09:41 AM |