DEFENSORES DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE DE LOS TUXTLAS, A. C.
ecological activism
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| What is PROFEPA? PROFEPA, the "Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente" is an administrative organ of the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) with technical and operational autonomy, handling the enforcement of policies and regulations of SEMARNAT. SEMARNAT, the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) is a federal government agency whose main purpose is to create an environmental protection policy reversing the tendencies of ecological deterioration and establishing the foundations for a sustainable development in the country. Brazo Fuerte translates as "powerful arm". Also a Spanish name for the collared anteater, a native of the tropical forests of southeastern Mexico, including Los Tuxtlas. |
| June 2, 2006 |
| DEMATAC promoted the creation of the “Comité de Vigilancia Ambiental Participativa - PROFEPA” (Committee for Environmental Vigilance) for Catemaco, Veracruz, "Brazo Fuerte". The meeting was held in the Restaurant La Ceiba in Catemaco. |
| Elected were the seven members of the Board of Directors and the 17 guardians that make up the Committee. A training seminar is scheduled for later this month and in August we anticipate the formal presentation of credentials. |
| Board of Directors |
| President Edith Carrera |
| Treasurer Sonia Ojeda |
| Secretary Dora Luz Santiago |
| Guardians Jessica Swanson |
| Promotion Clara Enrique |
| Communication Mónica González |
| Information Jesús Cerón |
| Guardians |
| Hugo Orea Berdon |
| Rafael Anotta |
| Oacar Castelán |
| Sacha Becker |
| Jorge Martínez Azula |
| Guadalupe Sacramento |
| Julían Moreno P. |
| Horacio Prado Dgz. |
| Denis Ramón L. |
| Beatriz Wiechers |
| Cristabel Peréz P. |
| Edgar Salgado O. |
| Janet de la O Ixba |
| Nery Torres Ceba |
| Abraham Orduña M. |
| Gloria Vidal G. |
| Adriana Catana R. |
| August 28, 2006 Representatives of PROFEPA, with the Board of Directors and Guardians of “Brazo Fuerte”, met in the Hotel Las Brisas for the official presentation of credentials. It was agreed to hold a reunion to formulate a plan of activities on September 6th at 5:00 p. m. in the Hotel Las Brisas, Catemaco, Veracruz. |
| August 21, 2006 The committee, with the support of DEMATAC, presented a complaint in the offices of PROFEPA, Catemaco, Veracruz regarding persons that are illegally occupying the island "Isla de Muertos" on the Rió de Las Palmas, Laguna Sontecomapan. They are building wooden houses, raising cattle and sheep, and possibly illegally felling trees and damaging the mangroves that surround the island. The Committee Brazo Fuerte requests PROFEPA to inspect the area and conditions existent. |
| July 19, 2006 Training course for the Comité de Vigilancia de Catemaco, "Brazo Fuerte" |
| June 20, 2006 |
| El Comité de Vigilancia Ambiental Participativo – PROFEPA de Catemaco, performed the second cleaning of mangroves in the Laguna de Sontecomapan. The cleaning consists of cleaning the young mangroves of an excess of seaweed that can cause the mangrove plants to double, break and die. In addition to the committee members, Ing. Antonio González Azuara, Director of the Reserva de la Biosfera – Los Tuxtlas, members of the Cooperativa de Pescadores Rivera de Sontecomapan, Tú Decides Veracruz, y DEMATAC participated. |
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| September 6, 2006 |
| In this reunion a program for the present month was initiated, including the following activities: September 19, 2006, 9:00 a. m.: Comité “Brazo Fuerte” will conduct an inspection by motor launch of the shores of Lake Catemaco, departing from Bahia Escondida, and on September 20, 2006, 10:00 a. m.: Comité “Brazo Fuerte” & IVEA will visit two communities in Catemaco, Veracruz for the purpose of promoting environmental education. In addition, support was provided to the citizens affected by the planned amplification of the malecón in Catemaco, in the form of an official letter to the governor of the state of Veracruz, Fidel Herrera Beltrán, voicing concern regarding the project. |
COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIGILANCE - PROFEPA
| "BRAZO FUERTE" |
