The Ensenada Manifesto

N-Gen convened a science communications workshop in the city of Ensenada, Baja California, from December 7-9, 2016. The workshop brought together researchers from natural and social sciences as well as science communicators to engage in interdisciplinary discussion to strengthen the outreach capacity of researchers in the Sonoran Desert and the Gulf of California. Participants created […]

N-Gen Newsletter, March 2017

  Dear N-Gen, As we all begin to settle in to 2017 we wanted to update you on recent activities and N-Gen developments. In addition to looking forward and best addressing the new political landscape in our countries and our region as we recently wrote you about, the past six months have been a productive […]

¿Qué pasa dentro de una cueva de maternidad de murciélago tequilero?

Begoña Iñárritu, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM   Uno de los mitos de los murciélagos es que son ciegos, lo cual es totalmente falso. Incluso podría decirse que tienen “mejor” vista que los humanos, pues son sensibles también a la luz UV. Sin embargo, aun detectando estas ondas de luz, el interior de una cueva sí […]

N-Gen Special Session

XIV CONGRESO DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DE INVESTIGADORES DEL MAR DE CORTÉS N-Gen Special Session La Paz, BCS | 3–7 October 2016 The Asociación de Investigadores del Mar de Cortés (AIMAC) is one of the oldest and most recognized academic organizations in the Gulf of California, and this year it will celebrate its 14th meeting in La […]

A Crack In The Earth: Where Desert Oases And Plate Tectonics Collide

Scott Bennett, Michael Bogan, Michael Darin “You know, at one of these freshwater springs I’ve been studying, there are these striations on the rocks and the steep-walled canyon comes to an abrupt end, as if the Earth is opening up, “ aquatic ecologist, Michael Bogan told geologists Scott Bennett and Michael Darin. “We could all […]

¿Qué es un NGen?

La Nueva Generación de Investigadores del Desierto Sonorense (N-Gen) busca tres objetivos: 1) catalizar investigación y colaboración biocultural, 2) desarrollar un innovador plan de investigación y conservación, y 3) influir en quienes toman decisiones en ambos países con el fin de promover una ética de conservación que esté a la altura del esplendor de la región

Role of a boundary organization network for the Sonoran Desert region

We discussed the importance of boundary organizations that work across traditional boundaries between academy, government, NGOs and communities of users of natural resources to promote the use of the best scientific information to provide neutral and balanced expert opinions that go beyond any single sector or organization.