Collaboration between the Human and Ecological paradigms in the face of the current challenges affecting the Sonoran desert region
This session aimed to continue the discussion initiated by Dr. Bowen on the inherent challenges to incorporate different scientific paradigms in our daily practices as scholars.
Cooperación binacional e imposición unilateral: ¿Cómo evadir el efecto?
Título: Cooperación binacional e imposición unilateral: ¿Cómo evadir el efecto? Propone: Nemer E. Narchi Asistentes: Helen Ingram, Manuel Salvador Galindo, Alexander Iriondo, Xavier Medellin, Rodrigo Rentería, Scott Warren, Gloria C. Valdéz, Kim Franklin, Scott Bennet, Jennie Duberstein, Juan Álvarez, Emmanuel M. Bernal, Periodista Aleman, Adrian Munguia, Lucero Radonic, Martha Gomez Sapiens, Tom Beal La disimilitud existente en 1) la cantidad de producción científica, 2) el presupuesto para investigación, 3) el número y […]
Multi National Conservation in an era of Border Security
Undocumented migration and smuggling across the Mexico-U.S. border poses challenges and creates new opportunities for Sonoran Desert researchers. Human/drug smuggling organizations and law enforcement are locked into an arms race where each side tries to gain advantage over the other.
Seri Session
This group of 11, with varied lengths of experience of working with the Seri community from their whole lives (Cathy Moser Marlett) to a few years (several of us) met to begin to discuss our shared experiences of working in the Seri community. We would like to stress the unfortunate fact that no Seris were able to participate in 2012 NextGen Summit due to the logistical difficulties of visas and passports.
Seeing the Sonoran Desert through the Eyes of Colleagues
The original title of the session was “Seeing the Gulf of California through the Eyes of Colleagues” and one of the suggested topics of discussion was to resurrect the multidisciplinary scientific shipboard voyages of the early twentieth century.
Desemboque, Sonora – Fall 2013
Desemboque, Sonora, Fall 2013 Carolyn O’Meara (UNAM, IIFL) and Isabel Martínez (UNAM, IIE) On the 21st of November, after the long drive from Mexico City (with a stopover in Mazatlan, Hermosillo and Kino Bay), we finally arrived to Desemboque, Sonora, one of two Seri villages located about 3 hours away from Hermosillo and about an hour south […]
Plant collecting on mule-back in Baja California
Sula Vanderplank, Biodiversity Explorer, Botanical Research Institute of Texas; Board Member, Next Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers. With Trudi Angell, Leslie Pringle, Nacho Chiapa, Tomás Murillo, Matilde Murillo, Andrea Flores and others. We rode in the truck with bales of hay on the roof, down a long, straight and dusty road, that took us to Rancho […]
Fall 2013 Webinar Series
The first N-Gen webinar series was held in the Fall of 2013 on the theme, “Human-Environmental Relations in the Sonoran Desert.” Here are abstracts of the presentation presented. “Urban Waterways: Comparative Cases from the U.S. and Mexico,” Urban and Rural Connectivity for Watershed Management By Joaquin Murrieta-Saldivar, Watershed Management Group – Tucson, Arizona This presentation will […]
The Urban Desert
This small session was convened to discuss the political ecology of urban spaces in the Sonoran Desert. As cities in this region continue to expand, it is important to incorporate the built environment and urban resource users into our realm of study –be it in the life sciences or the social sciences.
