LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS FACING SOCIO- ENVIRONMENTAL RISK IN THE ALTO ATOYAC BASIN, TLAXCALA-PUEBLA

This article deals with the actions of a group of local organizations in the face ofsocio-environmental risk, mainly caused by the pollution of a river in a regionshared by the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala. I refer to the Coordinadora por un Atoyaccon Vida (NGO for an Atoyac with Life), the Red de...

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Author: Milton Gabriel Hernández García
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:México
Institution:Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Repository:Redalyc-INAH
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:688378269007
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=688378269007
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
Socio
Puebla
Tlaxcala
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Summary:This article deals with the actions of a group of local organizations in the face ofsocio-environmental risk, mainly caused by the pollution of a river in a regionshared by the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala. I refer to the Coordinadora por un Atoyaccon Vida (NGO for an Atoyac with Life), the Red de Jóvenes en Defensa de los Pueblos(Youth Network in the People’s Defense) and the Centro Fray Julián Garcés de DerechosHumanos A.C. (non-governmental Fray Julián Garcés Center for Human Rights),which for two decades have publicly denounced the devastating environmentalimpact that industrial development is causing in the Alto Atoyac Basin.