When they came and took the forest away... there was a civil uprising.
Pt 1/2

Timber thieves operated in a small town in Mexico. Cherán is a town of some 20,000 inhabitants in the highlands of Michoacán.
"One estimate states that about half of the area's 17,000 hectares of forest have been lost to illegal logging..."about fifty thousand acres of forest were illegally cut between 2008 and 2011," and 200–250 logging trucks a day passed through the town."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher%C3%A1n

Reclaiming the Forests and the Right to Feel Safe
"Crime, raging violence, corrupt politicians, a toothless justice system had the Indigenous community in a stranglehold. In 2011, the women of Cherán led a revolt against illegal logging and corruption. Today, the forests are coming back, and the Indigenous community is returning to its roots."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cheran-mexico

The Mexican Town That Kicked Out Politicians And Started Over
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrPBdLiqMb0

The Cherán Indigenous Community’s Remarkable Road to Self-rule
"After turning to self-government to fight illegal logging by narco-traffickers, a small town in Mexico is celebrating 4 years of communal decision-making."
https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/the-cheran-indigenous-communitys-remarkable-road-to-self-rule-in-mexico

Pt. 2
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/110948624647555754
#Forests #biodiversity #trees #water #Cherán #IndigenousPeoples #uprising #Logging #violence #trucks #cartels #corruption #IndigenousSelfRule #SelfDetermination #DecisionMaking #SocialMedia #protests #democracy #activism #resistance #PoliticalParticipation #fightback #NewryStateForest #NSWLogging #Gumbaynggirr

When they came and took the forest away... there was a civil uprising.
Pt.2/2

Cherán. 5 years of self-government in an indigenous community in Mexico
"Ordinary people decided to confront the criminal organizations that came down from the hill with several vans loaded with wood. That was the beginning. Its experience has inspired indigenous communities throughout Mexico, who seek respect for their rights, territory, institutions and culture."
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/cher-n-5-years-of-self-government-in-indi/

“Reclaiming the Forests and the Right to Feel Safe.” The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/world/americas/in-mexico-reclaiming-the-forests-and-the-right-to-feel-safe.html

Images: Confronting the cartel: Ritual Inhabitual depict a community’s fightback against corruption in Mexico
https://www.1854.photography/2023/07/ritual-inhabitual-ones-to-watch/

Can satellite imagery fight illegal logging in Mexico?
Between 2006 and 2012, researchers estimate that about 70 percent of Cheran’s forests were ravaged by organised criminals as locals staged protests to denounce police inaction.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/26/can-satellite-imagery-fight-illegal-logging-in-mexico

Pt. 1
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/110948628395660370

#Forests #biodiversity #trees #water #Cherán #IndigenousPeoples #uprising #Logging #violence #trucks #cartels #corruption #IndigenousSelfRule #SelfDetermination #DecisionMaking #SocialMedia #protests #democracy #activism #resistance #PoliticalParticipation #fightback #NewryStateForest #SaveTuckersNob #NSWLogging #Gumbaynggirr