Content Authors
This e-case study draws from years of research and development activities of the University of Guadalajara - Manantlán Institute of Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity. Content was specifically written for the Ayuquila River e-case study project by:
Eduardo Santana – Content Authoring Coordinator / Content Author
Sergio Graf - Content Author
Luis Manuel Martínez - Content Author
Salvador García - Content Author
Production Team
A small international team worked on the development of the case study from Japan, Mexico, Canada and the Ukraine.
Brendan Barrett – Executive Producer
Luis Patrón – Project Director & Video Documentary Director
Sean Wood - Creative Director
Janine Googan - Art Production & Animation
Gerard Brady – Content Editor
Andriy Panas – Flash Programmer
Patricia Sims – Video Documentary Scriptwriter
David Schaufele – Video Documentary Editor & Narrator
Ignacio Ledesma - Camera
Ruth Partida – Research Assistant
Maria Victoria del Campo – Production Assistant
Archive Video
Archive material was provided by the following institutions and individuals.
"Environmental Education"; "Downstream communities of the Ayuquila River: Citizens complaints";"Interview with Juan España, former manager of the Melchor Ocampo sugarmill"
Video Archive of the Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur-UdeG-Instituto Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la Biodiversidad-DERN
“Cuenca del Rio Ayuquila – Armería DVD”
Ayuquila Armería River Watershed Commission – National Water Commission
"Ayuquila River Watershed footage"
John Vanderporel
"Mollasses spill footage"
Angel Aguirre García
Photography
The United Nations and the University of Guadalajara would like to thank all the institutions and individuals who kindly provided images.
Luis Patrón
Photographic Archive of the Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur-UdeG-Instituto Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la Biodiversidad-DERN
Universidad de Guadalajara
Photographic Archive of Hugh Iltis, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
John D. Lyons
Alejandro Boneta, courtesy of Norman Mercado-Silva
Presidencia de la Republica Mexicana
Secretaría del Media Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Marco A. Vargas y Rafael del Rio. Courtesy of newspaper Público-Milenio
IISD/Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Walter Sullivan, courtesy of the New York Times
J.M. Rue , courtesy of Revista de la Universidad de Barcelona
La Gaceta Universitaria
UNEP – Chile
Antonio Turok
Dennis Poulette
Davison Colins
World Wilderness Congress
Accutron – WebGarden
View photography credits section for more details.
Documents
View ARCHIVE section for details of the authors.
Collaborating Institutions
The United Nations University and the University of Guadalajara would like to thank the following institutions for their support and cooperation in the development of this project:
Iniciativa Intermunicipal para la Gestión Integral de la Cuenca del Río Ayuquila (IIGICRA)
Municipal Presidents that created (2001-2003) and consolidated (2004-2006) the IIGICRA
Ayuntamiento de Autlán de Navarro. Carlos L. Meillon Johnston, Municipal President 2004–2007. Armando Pérez Oliva, Municipal President 2001-2003
Ayuntamiento de El Grullo. Antonio Mendoza Olivares, Municipal President 2004 - 2007. Armando Núñez Ramos, Municipal President 2001- 2003
Ayuntamiento de El Limón. Daniel Ramírez Sánchez, Municipal President 2004-2007. Jose Guadalupe Corona Chávez, Municipal President 2002 - 2003 Narciso Michel Zamora, Municipal President 2001- 2002
Ayuntamiento de Tolimán. Leonides Gómez Ceballos, Municipal President 2004-2007. José René Durán Venegas, Municipal President 2001 - 2003
Ayuntamiento de Tonaya. Armando Corona, Municipal President 2004 - 2007. Justino Mejía Ortega, Municipal President 2001-2003
Ayuntamiento de Tuxcacuesco. Jaime Almaraz Garibay, Municipal President 2004-2006. Enrique Guerrero Santana, Municipal President 2001-2003
Ayuntamiento de Unión de Tula. Joel Llamas Uribe, Municipal President 2004-2007. Salvador Núñez Sandoval, Municipal President 2001-2003
Ayuntamiento de Zapotitlán de Vadillo. Rogelio Nava Magaña, Municipal President 2004-2007. Rogelio González Álvarez, Municipal President 2001–2003
Ayuntamiento del Municipio de San Gabriel. Javier Ramos Flores, Municipal President 2004-– 2007
Comisión de la Cuenca del Rio Ayuquila-Armería
Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA)
Dirección de la Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de Manantlán.
Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP)
Secretaria del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT)
Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural del Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco
Congreso del Estado de Jalisco
Secretaría de Educación Pública-México (PROMESAN)
Fundación Manantlán para la Biodiversidad de Occidente A.C. (MABIO)
Zucarmex - Ingenio Melchor Ocampo
Ejido Las Paredes
Distrito de riego del Valle Autlán - El Grullo
Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural del Gobierno de Colima
Asociación de Cañeros Confederación Nacional de Propietarios Rurales (CNPR)
Asociación de Cañeros Confederación Nacional Campesina (CNC)
Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies - University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Credit Valley Conservation, Ontario, Canada
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Department of Urban and Regional Planning - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
U.S. Agency for International Development (ALO, TIES, GL-CRSP)
Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, República de Cuba
Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD-International)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
RARE – Inspiring Conservation
Overbrook Foundation
Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sustentable
Ford Foundation
World Wildlife Fund
Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza
The development of this e-case study was made possible thanks to the generous financial support of the following institutions:
Government of Norway – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (via the UNU-Global Virtual University)
Government of Japan - Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
United Nations University
University of Guadalajara
E-Case Study
Patrón, L.G., Santana C., E., Graf, S., Martínez, L.M., García, S. (2005). Ayuquila River e-case Study, [CD-ROM]. Tokyo: United Nations University – University of Guadalajara.
Documentary
Patron, L.G. (Director) & Barrett, B.F.D. (Producer). (2005). Saving the Ayuquila River [Video]. Tokyo: United Nations University
Specific unpublished texts (i.e., those not reproduced from other publications) appearing on the archive section should be cited as follows:
Author, X. Title of text (2005). IN Ayuquila e-case study (Patrón, L.G., Santana C., E., Graf, S., Martínez, L.M., García, S.) CD-Rom. Tokyo: United Nations University – University of Guadalajara.
