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More than Monarchs Documenting Local Stories in the Disappearing Monarch Forests of Mexico Dec 29, 2006
I ASK THE GOVERNOR THAT HE DO SOMETHING TO STOP THE LOGGING IN MY COMMUNITY, THEY ARE FINISHING OUR FOREST, THE LOGGERS OF EL TIGRE, AND EL LINDERO OF CRESCENCIO MORALES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZITACUARO. I HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE BY BEING THE WIFE OF AN UNEMPLOYED, WHO, FOR NOT HAVING MONEY WENT TO STOP THE LOGGING OF THE FOREST WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD GIVE HIM SOME WOOD OF THE ALREADY CUT AND THEY GAVE HIM VERY LITTLE, PLUS THE MONEY THEY GAVE HIM HE WOULD SPEND IT ON DRINK, GOING OUT WITH PROBLEMS WITH HIS FRIENDS WHO LOGGED, THE LOGGERS GIVE AND OFFER DRINK AND MONEY TO ALL WHO GO UP TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOREST. TODAY HE IS SICK AND THE LACK OF FOOD IN THE FOREST AND THE DRINKING IN THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT GIVEN HIM EMPLOYMENT FOR THE SAME REASON THAT HE WAS A LOGGER. I WANT THE LOGGERS TO BE PUNISHED, AND THAT THE AGENCIES DO NOT BECOME CORRUPT AND THAT THEY DEMAND THAT THE PUNISHMENTS BE COMPLETED. I ALWASYS SEE THAT THE AUTHORITIES COME AND DO NOT DO ANYTHING I SEE THAT WATER IS MISSING FOR OUR FIELDS WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH THE AUTHORITIES DO NOT TAKE CARE OF THE FOREST, TO THE CONTRARY, IT IS SOLD AND THEY BECOME RICH, THE MONEY THAT COMES TO THE COMMUNITY IS NOT TOLD TO US AND IT STAYS WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT OFFER ANYTHING TO STOP THE LOGGING. WE CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE ARE THREATHENED BECAUSE THEY KNOW IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND WE ARE CITIZENS WHO DO NOT KNOW OF THE AGENCIES THAT EXIST TO HELP THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND TO STOP THE LOGGING.
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