DEFENSORES DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE DE LOS TUXTLAS, A. C.

                                                                                                               ecological activism
ABOUT US
Who are we?

Foremost, we are our Affiliate Members and our Sponsors.

Without their generosity, DEMATAC could not exist.
"Ecocide"
Words from our President

DEMATAC is not simply an association. It is not simply an alliance of dedicated people united by the
same cause. DEMATAC is more. It is a concept - an idea and an ideal, embodying a universal truth;
the truth that by our failure to protect, by our failure to defend, our natural environment, by
allowing it to be destroyed bit by bit as we are now doing, we are destroying civilization as we know
it. We are, in fact, committing ecological suicide - ecocide.
The genesis of “Defensores Del Medio Ambiente de Los Tuxtlas, A.C.”, (DEMATAC), was the
result of a campaign initiated in July of 2004 by one of our founders, against the devastation being
caused by strip mining in
Catemaco, Veracruz. With the attention generated by the mass media
and through the support of many of the citizens of Catemaco and environmentalists both national
and international, hearings were held with the municipal government of Catemaco and in the
federal environmental control offices of
SEMARNAT (Secretary of Environment and Natural
Resources) in the state capital of Xalapa; attended by representatives of various Mexican ecological
agencies including:
SEMARNAT, PROFEPA, CNA, Reserva de la Biosfera Los Tuxtlas, the
Municipal President of
Catemaco, and by the press. The results were positive. The battle is not
over – the war has just begun
; the war against all who encourage environmental destruction,
under whatever pretext, and against the bureaucracy and apathy that supports, daily, this
destruction.  We must expose the environmental criminals and we must challenge government and
industry when they fail to live up to their mandate to safeguard our environment and our future.

    DEMATAC was chartered in Catemaco, Veracruz on September 25, 2004, as a
    nonprofit environmental civil association dedicated to recuperating the ecological balance
    and protecting the environment of Los Tuxtlas, and independent of economic or political
    interests with any government, political party, or religious institution.  DEMATAC’s principal
    objectives are:

    a) Address complaints, initiate investigations, and file grievances  with the respective government
    agencies, regarding environmental threats in the region of Los Tuxtlas, using the diffusion of
    information to inform, council, negotiate, and propose viable solutions to environmental
    degradation, as well as high-profile, non-violent civil resistance to raise the level and quality of
    public debate and to promote prompt action by respective government agencies.

    b) Promote projects such as reforestation, cleanup of lagoons, rivers, beaches, roads and streets,
    and the regional environment in general.

    c) Dissemination of information and publicity regarding the biodiversity of Los Tuxtlas and the
    importance of protecting it.

    d) Promote & provide education to raise public & governmental environmental awareness.

    We can not do this alone. We need the help and the support, economic and active, of the
    community, of the residents of Los Tuxtlas, and of environmentalists everywhere. We need your
    help.
     
    With this object in mind, we invite you to join DEMATAC.
ALL
DONATIONS TO
DEMATAC ARE
USED FOR THE
PROJECTS &
ACTIVITIES OF
DEMATAC.

THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS &
ACTIVE
MEMBERS
SERVE
VOLUNTARILY
& WITHOUT
PAY
.
Don Agustín Moreno B.
& Dora  El Azuzul,
Catemaco, Ver
.
Board of Directors
President:          Lic. Jessica Hitandegüi Swanson Santiago

Vice President:        L. C. Oscar Castelan Tenorio

Secretary:                 Dora Luz Santiago Molina

Treasurer:                L. C. Rogelio Hernández V.

Board Members:

María Gabriela Garcia Valero

Ing. Juan Raúl Luna García

Eduardo Alvarez Ríos, Economist
Dr. Ben
Doug on the Laguna
Sontecomapan
International Fund-raiser
Douglas D. Redmond
Email: dooglass@hotmail.com
Paco in Los Bajos de
Mimiagua
Active Members

Luís barragan, Student, San Diego, California, USA
Dra. Lorelei Bojórquez Galván, M.V.Z., Xalapa, Ver., Mexico
Natalia Castelán Garcia, Student,  Minatitlan, Veracruz
Raul Cabañas Giffard, Herpetologist, Xalapa, Veracuz
Jesús Cerón Najera, Professor, COBAEV, Catemaco, Veracruz
Ursula Dusch, Student, Erlangen, Germany
Dr. Christoph Ganzoni, Medical Doctor, Catemaco, Veracruz
Dulce Maria Geronimo Jimenez, Lic. en Nutrición, Minatitlán, Veracruz
Francisco Gómes Marín, Biologist
Ing. Viridiana Mercedes Hernandez Martinez, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
Akiko Matsumoto, International Relations, Tokyo, Japan
Javier Martinez Jaramillo, Médico Cirujano, Minatitlán, Veracruz
Irma Ramón Cervantes, launch owner, Catemaco, Veracruz
Biologist, José Vicente Facio
Esteban Villegas Velazquez, Psychologist, Catemaco, Veracruz
Esteban Villegas V.
Psychologist
Affiliate Members & Sponsors

Jeb Allran, www.coffeeam.com, Canton, Georgia, USA           
Barry Bragger, Primestone,  & Stacey Caren (Social Worker), Torrington,
Connecticut, USA
Lic. Francisco Luis Briseño Cortes, Xalapa, Veracruz
Madeleine Carlton Feria, Catmaco, Veracruz, México
Gabriel Camacho, Violin Construction & Restoration, Mexico, D. F.
Dr. José Cisneros Espinosa, PhD, Professor, Universidad dé las Americas -
Puebla, San Andrés Cholula, Puebla
Richard R. Cordero, Color  Publishing Specialist / Photographer, California,
USA
Alejandro Cortés Ochoa,
Restaurant La Casita, Catemaco, Ver., México
Javier Fco. Cruz Cárdnas,
Compu Cat, Catemaco, Veracruz
Julia del Carmen Cruz Cruz,
Restaurant La Casita, Catemaco, Ver, México
Ing. Rafael Fararoni,
Comercializadora de Cervezas de Los Tuxtlas, S. A de
C. V., San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
Jim & Gaby Gaudis,
Trailer Park Tepetapan, Catemaco, Veracruz
Don Gringo, Blogger, Satirist & Satyr, Catemaco, Veracruz
Prof. Fernando Hernández Rodríguez, Catemaco, Ver., México
Don Gonzalo Hernández Sobrevals,
Cortijo Sobrevals, Catemaco, Ver.,
México
Hotel & Cafe Catemaco, Catemaco, Veracruz
Hotel del Lago, Catemaco, Veracruz, México
Hotel del Parque, San Andrés Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México
Hotel Los Arcos, Catemaco, Veracruz, México
Enrique Huber Fonseca,
COMEX, San Andrés, Tuxtla, Veracruz
Carlos Huber Vázquez,
Tele- Radio, San Andrés Tuxtlas, Veracruz
La Flor de Catemaco, Ornamental Plants, Catemaco, Veracruz
Verónica Medina Alday, Dir. Gen.,
ERDM SOLAR, S. A. DE C. V.
San Andrés Tuxtla y Catemaco, Veracruz
Carmen Ramos Fuster,
Hotel Isabel, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico
Douglas D. Redmond,
Calidad Tobaccos, Seward, Nebraska, USA
Hans Samyn, Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Eduardo San Martin Romero, Cardiologist, San Andrés Tuxtla, Ver.,
México
John & Jean Senulis,
SENCO-PHENIX  Archeologial Consulting Services,  
Price Utah, USA
Dr. Benedikt Suykens, Chiropractor, Catemaco, Veracruz
Peter Van Dusen, Northport, Michigan, USA
Oscar Castelán Tenorio
http://spaces.msn.com/castel
anweb/
Ursula en la
Punta de Tepeyaga
Akiko in the forest
Honorary Members

Armando Blanco Moheno, Freelance Writer, Mexico D. F., Mexico
Dr. Marcelino Gracia Pérez, M.V.Z., Catemaco, Ver., Mexico
Julio Gomez Hernández, Anthropologist, Catemaco, Ver., Mexico
Mr. & Mrs. Vern Redmond, Nebraska, USA (Deceased)
Defensores del Medio
Ambiente
de Los Tuxtlas, A. C.
Quinta las Bugambilias
Punto Nixtamalapan
Carretera Playa Azul s/n
95870 Catemaco, Veracruz, México

Tel/Fax: (294) 943-0581
Correo Electrónico:
lostuxtlas@dematac.org
Pagina Web: www.dematac.org
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