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Conflicts Between Biodiversity Conservation and Humans - The Case of the Chihuahua Desert and Cuatro Cienegas (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Conflicts Between Biodiversity Conservation and Humans - The Case of the Chihuahua Desert and Cuatro Cienegas (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: Cuatro Cienegas Basin: An Endangered Hyperdiverse Oasis
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This book takes readers on a journey through the history of water
in the Coahuila desert. It starts by describing the beauty and
mysteries of the landscape, and then explores the rock art of the
original desert cultures in Coahuila, offering readers a glimpse of
the sacred nature of water in the desert, as well as the rituals
surrounding it. Moving on to the colonial times and the post-
independence development of the region, it discusses early water
management, and explores how water is managed in modern times, as
well as the legal complications of the law, and how these faulty
laws, designed for less arid regions, have affected a highly
diverse wetland, the Cuatro Cienegas oasis. The book then examines
the biological consequences of the water loss for the aquatic
plants and animals in Churince - a now extinct system within Cuatro
Cienegas. Further, it addresses how even bacteria can become
extinct in this hyper-diverse microbial oasis. Lastly, after this
despair and sense of loss, the book provides hope, offering
suggestions for how we can transform the future, from a social and
educational point of view as well as through good science and
changes in policy.
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