Tag: Chiapas
Traditional Fire Practices: Making a Difference in Mexico
Written by Wendy Fulks | July 31st, 2009
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In 1999, a year after widespread, drought-driven fires caused extensive damage to the country’s forests, the Mexican government began looking for ways to improve and strengthen its national fire program. But, like many governments, they assumed that all burning was bad and focused their efforts on ways to prevent people living in rural areas from [...]
