WILD9: Wilderness and Water Promises in the Land of the Maya

Wilderness and Water Promises in the Land of the Maya

Even without the dire spectre of climate change, "mitigation and adaptation will become fundamental if we want to have water enough for this and coming generations," said Omar Vidal, director of the World Wildlife Fund - Mexico.

Most of Mexico's watersheds have extraction rates above 40 percent and 101 major aquifers are now considered "over-exploited," he said. "Seventy percent of the Mexican population … are at great risk of water shortage." [Read entire article]