Farmers Blame Mexico Authorities for 'Ecocide' Norma Ponce - Milenio
go to original May 17, 2013

The Confederation of Farmer and Popular Organizations (COCYP) denounced the offices of health, Sagarpa [The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries, and Nutrition] and Semarnat [The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources] for being "promoters of ecocide" in Mexico by granting concessions to transnational businesses in order to exploit forests, jungles and water sources.

So says its president, Jose Jacobo Femat, who assures that because of the depredation these businesses have caused to the ecosystems, by the year 2050 there will be internal conflicts in the national territory for water between the states of the north and the south of the country.

At the inauguration of the Forum "Meeting of the People for Life" he commented ... that Semarnat, Sagarpa, and the Secretariat of Health allow the introduction of pesticides and agrochemicals for farms which were used in the Vietnam War and prohibited by the United States in its agricultural production.

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Translated by Latisha Hicks

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