Colonias have been excluded. Models of social participation continue to exclude these groups, don't allow them to make decisions affecting their environment. We need to have greater interchange information with environmental management - especially groundwater and forestry resources. Samuel Schmidt University of Texas at El Paso NGOs and Universities selfishly questioning who will get the money from the NAD Bank. We need to focus on the fixing the problems.
Mexican government has commitment to the environment.
Peso crisis is worse than what we think. But never underestimate binational linkages. If I were to generalize, I would say that academics seem to begrudge learning something from non-academic sources. Community groups, state government officials and investment bankers were sorely missing. Penn State's Liverman said that universities are also increasingly drawn by the dollar to projects, and it's not just the engineers who've set sight upon NAD Bank money.