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MURDER OF ACTIVIST UNDERSCORES MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH ILLEGAL LOGGING IN MEXICO.

Publication: SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
Publication Date: 22-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The murder of an anti-logging activist in mid-May is evidence of the strong resistance authorities are facing in combating the illegal cutting down of forests in Mexico. Aldo Zamora and his brother Misael were ambushed and gunned down in May of this year as they gathered information on illegal logging for Greenpeace Mexico in a forest area in Mexico state. Misael survived the attack. The government estimates that Mexico loses about 26,000 hectares of forests a year to illegal logging (see SourceMex, 2007-03-21). This includes logging in the winter habitat for the protected Monarch butterfly (see SourceMex, 2002-02-20 and 2006-05-31).

Environmental advocates said the data being collected by Zamora was part of Greenpeace's campaign to protect valuable evergreen forests in Mexico state from indiscriminate cutting. "These trees, which are just a few kilometers from Mexico City, have great commercial value," said Gabriel Quadri...

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