Patricia Quintana is a state legislative specialist, agricultural educator, community development activist, and sheep farmer. Patricia Marchek is a Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia and a pioneer in the field of natural resources sociology. Jim Sessions is the Executive Director of the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee, a community organizing institute working in the Deep South and Appalachia. Antonio Azuela de la Cueva is the Attorney General for Environmental Protection in the federal government of Mexico. Previously he was legal advisor to several state governments and federal government agencies on planning law.
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