[Sosfbay-discuss] whales and the mexican constitution

[Jim Doyle]

To join NAFTA, Mexico had to change its constitution to allow for
the privatization and sale of  ejidos, communal property.

That was the underlying bone of contention of the Zapatistas.

That law has just been put to use in a conservation agreement to
protect some of the migratory breeding grounds of the whales.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051026/news_1n26save.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051022/news_1n22save.html