Friday, June 15, 2018
They warn of damage to mangrove in Zipolite by installation of gas station Focus Newspaper Ntx. Ecologists from different groups warned during a protest held in the city of Oaxaca, the state and municipal governments, about ...
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Advierten sobre daño a manglar en Zipolite por instalación de gasolinera
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Ntx. Ecologistas de distintos colectivos advirtieron durante una protesta realizada en la ciudad de Oaxaca, a los gobiernos estatal y municipal, sobre la contaminación que podría sufrir un manglar en Zipolite por la instalación de una gasolinera.
Los manifestantes colocaron frente a las letras turísticas de Oaxaca, ubicadas frente al templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán, una pancarta en la que exigen al gobernador del estado, Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, intervenir para que el presidente municipal, Víctor Cruz, evite la construcción.
Cabe destacar que el pasado fin de semana, la asociación Piña Palmera denunció ante la Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Profepa), así como a la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat), el potencial daño ecológico.
Asimismo, se presentaron los hechos ante la Defensoría de los Derechos Humanos del Pueblo de Oaxaca (DDHPO), que emitió medidas cautelares.
Al respecto, Nazario García, integrante del Colectivo de Organizaciones Ambientalistas de Oaxaca (COAO), afirmó que la gasolinera que se pretende instalar a 200 metros de un manglar y a 300 metros de las playas de Zipolite, “evidentemente van a dañar el mar”.
A la protesta también se integraron personas que habitan en el Barrio de Xochimilco, quienes denunciaron el derribo de arbolado en la construcción de una tienda de autoservicio.
Esta acción, detallaron, tuvo como contexto la conmemoración por el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, por lo que los activistas, entre éstos los de Salvando Vidas Oaxaca, levantaron cartelones para llegar a la conciencia ciudadana.
“La naturaleza cobra la factura del daño que le hagas. Tus hijos y nietos la pagarán”, leyeron.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Official recognition for new Vallarta turtle species A small mud turtle first discovered by residents of Puerto Vallarta 20 years ago was recognized as a new species last month, but now it is also considered one of the most threatened freshwater turtles in the world.
The mud turtle found only in Puerto Vallarta.Official recognition for new turtle species in Puerto Vallarta
Vallarta mud turtle was first discovered 20 years ago
A small mud turtle first discovered by residents of Puerto Vallarta 20 years ago was recognized as a new species last month, but now it is also considered one of the most threatened freshwater turtle species in the world.
The distinct looking turtle became known in the Jalisco city as casquito de Vallarta, or little Vallarta helmet, due to the shape of its shell.
Residents alerted experts some 20 years ago about the find, but they decided they were nothing more than juvenile specimens of another species.
But five years ago they gave another look at the diminutive turtle, the results of which were published on May 16 in a study entitled A Distinctive New Species of Mud Turtle from Western México in the journal Chelonian Conservation and Biology.
Studies performed on nine turtle specimens, five of them dead, led by a team of scientists from research institutions in the states of Tabasco, Jalisco, Mexico City, Guanajuato and Veracruz found that the turtle indeed belonged to a new species, Kinosternon vogti.
The Vallarta mud turtle, the largest specimens of which are 10 centimeters long, has only been found in a few human-created or human-affected habitats such as small streams and ponds found only around the resort town of Puerto Vallarta. All of the mud turtle’s currently known habitats have been damaged by urban growth.
Of the four known living specimens only one is a female. It was sent along with a male to a reproduction center in Tabasco, while the two other males remain in Puerto Vallarta.
The five turtles found dead have been deposited in a collection at the National Autonomous University of México, where they will be subject to further studies.
The Chelonian Conservation and Biology paper said “an urgent conservation program is necessary as well as explorations in the area to find viable populations of the species.”
The name of the new turtle species pays homage to Richard Vogt, a herpetologist and turtle conservationist who has studied the reptile for 40 years.
Source: Milenio (sp)
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Art news daily Apollo Magazine ... today include the Potager du Roi at Versailles in France; the Blackpool piers in the UK; and the Monte Albán archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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World Monuments Fund gets $1 million for sites on 2018 watch list |
The financial services corporation American Express (Amex) has awarded $1 million to the World Monuments Fund for the preservation of sites on this year’s World Monuments Watch list of endangered cultural heritage sites. Amex is a founding sponsor of the biennial World Monuments Watch, which in its latest iteration selected 25 sites in need of conservation or protection. The eight sites that will be the recipients of the funding announced today include the Potager du Roi at Versailles in France; the Blackpool piers in the UK; and the Monte Albán archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
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Sunday, June 10, 2018
Hurricane Bud to strengthen, threaten Mexico with flooding as Aletta weakens AccuWeather.com ... flooding are not expected from Bud through Monday; however, more widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected from Oaxaca to Jalisco.
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... flooding are not expected from Bud through Monday; however, more widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected from Oaxaca to Jalisco.
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Hurricane Bud to strengthen, threaten Mexico with flooding as Aletta weakens
By Renee Duff, AccuWeather meteorologist
By Eric Leister, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
June 11, 2018, 2:09:12 AM EDT
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On the heels of Aletta, the first hurricane of the East Pacific hurricane season, Hurricane Bud has developed and will threaten western Mexico with flooding rainfall this week.
Aletta began as a tropical depression south of Mexico on Tuesday night before quickly reaching hurricane status early Thursday afternoon. By early Friday morning, Aletta rapidly strengthened to a major hurricane, reaching Category 4 hurricane status only a few hours later.
However, Aletta quickly dropped back to tropical storm status on Saturday.
Aletta will continue to track west-northwest, well south of the Mexico coastline as it dissipates through the beginning of the week.
As threats from Aletta diminish, Bud will bring a new round of threats this week.
Bud is expected to move northwestward into Wednesday as it strengthens, tracking closer to the Mexico coastline than Aletta.
Damaging winds and widespread flash flooding are not expected from Bud through Monday; however, more widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected from Oaxaca to Jalisco.
Some localized incidents of flash flooding are possible, but most locations will notice only an uptick in rainfall.
Coastal areas from Jalisco to Guerrero could have additional bouts of heavy rain and thunderstorms as Bud nears the coast during the middle of the week.
Communities such as Manzanillo, Tecomán and Colola will have to remain on alert for flash flooding through at least Wednesday. Small rivers and streams may quickly rise out of their banks and turn into deadly torrents.
Rough seas and dangerous rip currents will once again threaten beaches from Acapulco to Mazatlan, as well as southern Baja California, even though the storm remains far from these areas.
Boaters and bathers should use extreme caution and heed all small craft and beach advisories as they are issued.
If caught in a rip current, it is best to swim parallel to shore until free of its influence.
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"Bud is likely to strengthen as we go through the early part of the week as it travels over the same warm waters that Aletta just went through," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Courtney Spamer.
However, the track of the storm is not expected to be the same as Aletta.
"Instead of curving westward, Bud could continue its northward track toward the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. Although weakening would be likely, this track could send tropical moisture into the southwestern United States late this week," Spamer added.
Such moisture would be beneficial to drought-stricken areas of the southwestern United States, but could also create flash flooding issues if there is too much rain too quickly.
AccuWeather meteorologists anticipate that the East Pacific basin will remain active this season with an above-normal number of tropical cyclones forecast.
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