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Resumen:
The objective of this work is to contribute to redirect the debate over the border fence to a level where science and information are preeminent, providing a broader spatial and temporal perspective, in contrast to the highly politicized and shortsighted approach with which the topic has been mostly addressed.


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Índice:
Foreword by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) Mexico


Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada

Foreword by El Colegio de la Frontera Norte


Tonatiuh Guillén López

Foreword by the National Institute of Ecology


Adrián Fernández Bremauntz

Introduction


Carlos De la Parra

Ana Córdova y Vázquez


PART ONE. A FENCE ON THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER

Environmental Protection and U.S.-Mexican Border Security: The Border Fence Issue in Context


Paul Ganster

The Border Needs Cooperation, not Walls


Mary Kelly

Outside the Wall...


Exequiel Ezcurra

Walls and their Impacts in a Worldwide Historical Context


Lyndsay Carlisle


PART TWO. FAUNA

Possible Impacts of Border Fence Construction and Operation on Fauna. Specialist Discussion


Héctor Moya

The Impacts of the Border Fence on Wild Mammals


Rurik List

Black Bears Blocked by the Border


Cora Varas


PART THREE. ECOSYSTEMS

Possible Impacts of Border Fence Construction and Operation on Flora. Specialist Discussion


Eduardo Peters Recagno

Ecological Risks Involved in the Construction of the Border Fence


Hugo Riemann

Ecoregions of the Northern Mexican Border


César Cantú

Patricia Koleff

Andrés Lira Noriega

Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation in Mexico’s Northern Border


Patricia Koleff

Andrés Lira Noriega

Tania Urquiza

Eduardo Morales


PART FOUR. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Possible Impacts of Border Fence Construction and Operation on the Physical Environment. Specialist Discussion


Juan Manuel Rodríguez Esteves

José Luis Castro Ruiz

Visible Impacts of Existing Physical Barriers on the Border


Oscar Romo


PART FIVE. LEGAL ASPECTS AND SECTORAL DIALOGUE

Legal Framework. Specialist Discussion


José Luis Castro Ruiz

The Border Fence and the Assault on Principles


Carlos De la Parra

Ana Córdova y Vázquez

Options and Legal Tools for Security with Environmental


Rick Van Schoik

Vision and Strategies: the Dialogue between Sectors


Luis Fernando Abitia

Thematic Discussion Group Activity


Luis Fernando Abitia

Héctor Moya

ABOUT THE AUTHORS


DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPANTS

Reseña:
The objective of this work is to contribute to redirect the debate over the border fence to a level where science and information are preeminent, providing a broader spatial and temporal perspective, in contrast to the highly politicized and shortsighted approach with which the topic, for the most part, has been addressed. By documenting the environmental impacts of the fence, this work intends to promote this level of holistic and long term analysis among decision-makers, political stakeholders and representatives, the media and the general public. Ultimately, the information presented here also intends to serve as an element that facilitates binational dialogue between the Governments of the United States and Mexico, in a spirit of collaboration that will enable us to avoid the foreseeable damages to the ecosystems both countries share.

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