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Sixteen Years of Parasitism in Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila: The Lesser of Two Evils

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In order to grow alfalfa to feed livestock, dairy companies at the National Protected Area of Cuatrociénegas in Coahuila, northern Mexico, extract large quantities of water from the water table. The extraction of water has resulted in the desiccation of ponds and lagoons within Cuatrociénegas. After analysis of the evidence, the chapter explores the deterioration of the area, which were the result of a series of mostly avoidable events, as a state-corporate green crime. Even with the contribution of various sectors (scientific and private), both the biota and the abiotic components of the ecosystem are still hanging by a thread to survive.

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Díaz-Rentería, L.P. (2018). Sixteen Years of Parasitism in Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila: The Lesser of Two Evils. In: Arroyo-Quiroz, I., Wyatt, T. (eds) Green Crime in Mexico. Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75286-0_2

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