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About SMA

Goals

SMA History

Achievements

STAFF & BOARD

SMA Staff

SMA Board of Directors

PARTNERS

International Partners

Mexican Partners

Business Partners

Government Partners

Introduction

Introduction

Introduction

Reports

Agrarian Fraud in Coloradas de la Virgen

Report on Assassinations of Indigenous

Report from Centro de Derechos Humanos Augustín Pro

Report from Chihuahua State Human Rights Commission

RECENT HISTORY

Timeline (English)

Cronologia (Spanish)

Press Coverage

AP: In Mexico's Wild, Rough Tarahumara Mountains, Indians Who Advocate Land Rights Are Jailed

AP: Encarcelan a indígenas opuestos a tala de bosques en la Sierra Madre del norte de México

IPS: Mexican Indians Suffer Brunt of Drug Trafficking, Illegal Logging

Proceso: Narco-Timber Barons with Official Protection

Indigenous Rights

Essays

Indigenous Rights, Mexican Legal Ethics and The Culture of Impunity

A Call For Policy Change

Choreachi (Pino Gordo)

Overview

Choreachi Update 12/06

Coloradas de la Virgen

Coloradas de la Virgen

San Carlos

San Carlos

San Carlos Update 12/06

More Articles

Samachique

Redondeados

Lino's Last Stand

CEC Case: A Victory for the Indigenous Pueblos

Five Communities Fighting for Justice from Ejido Assemblies to Superior Courts

ISIDRIO BALDENEGRO

The Isidro Baldenegro Story

Isidrio wins coveted Goldman Prize

The Tragic History of Coloradas de la Virgen

State Police Offer Help

An International Campaign

Biocultural Conservation

Essays

From the Field: The Heart of the Sierra Madre Alliance

The Life, Death, and Resurrection of the Sierra Tarahumara Biosphere Reserve

Backlash: A Strategy of Defamation and Aggression

BIOCULTURAL CONSERVATION PROJECTS

Watershed and Riparian Restoration

Community Biosphere Reserves

Biocultural Mapping

Deep Bioculture: Video Documentation Projects

PROTECTED AREA PLANNING

Pino Gordo Natural Protected Area

Pino Gordo Community Planning Workshop

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Bilingual Manuals

Riparian Restoration Training and Planning

RESEARCH

Avian and Ethno-Ornithology Research

Ethno-Ecological Fire Management Research

Community Development

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Organic Nopal Production

Pine Nut Harvesting

Ecotourism Projects

Women's Cooperative

Diagnostic and Planning Workshops

Indigenous Promoter Training

El Consejo Supremo Odame and Rarámuri

Tarahumara Primary School Project

Grants to Strengthen Culture

Organic Gardening and Soil Restoration

Solar Radio Project

Biocultural Research

IN THIS SECTION

Bird Studies in the Barranca

Fauna of Ejido Pino Gordo, Municipio of Guadalupe y Calvo,Chihuahua

Conocimiento Tradicional de la Diversidad Biológica de Pino Gordo

Endangered Vertebrate Species of Pino Gordo

Especies Importantes en la Sierra Madre Occidental

Ejido Pino Gordo: Endangered Habitat and Biological Diversity of Southwestern Chihuahua, Mexico

Plant Description, Habitat Associations, Medicinal Properties and Community Knowledge in the Sierra Tarahumara

Field Notes

Cerro Mohinora

Choreachi (Pino Gordo)

Political Ecology

IN THIS SECTION

The Political Ecology of Deforestation in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua

Congressional Testimony

Introduction

IN THIS SECTION

Map of the Sierra

Bibliography

Recommended Links

In This Section

Introduction

Indigenous People of the Sierra

Articles by augusto Urteaga

Memoria Historica del Convento de Baburhi

Oremá: Estrella Fugaz

Arareco Raíchara

Norte indígena: Derechos Pendientes.

Norte Indígena Mexicano: Derechos Pendientes.

Profile of Augusto Urteaga