Tag: <span>CONANP</span>

Creative Conservation in Huatulco–by Suzanne Flaum

  This January, Bard CEP students visited the state of Oaxaca, Mexico to study watershed management and sustainable development. While traveling to the Pacific coast, we met with Omar Gabriel Gordillo SolĂ­s, a Director at the National Commission on Protected Natural Areas (CONANP). Omar told us about the history and …

The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love: My Life as a Peace Corps Mexico Volunteer

By Danielle Salisbury, M.S. Environmental Policy 2016 I got off the plane in Mexico City with a groggy group of new acquaintances I would soon be calling my friends, fellow adventurers, and in rougher times, my support system. I had made it. I had joined the Peace Corps and been …