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- Author
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Corchado, Alfredo and Leutert, Stephanie H.
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PETROLEUM reserves , *FOREIGN investments , *INDUSTRIALIZATION , *DRUG traffic , *BIODIVERSITY - Abstract
The article discusses the opening of petroleum reserves in the northeastern region of Mexico to foreign investors. Rancher Juan Carlos takes note that oil and gas industrial development may drive out criminal elements and Gulf drug cartels. Texas A&M University rangeland biologist Fred Bryant, Audubon International Alliances Program vice president John Beavers and Pronatura Noreste general director Magdalena Rovalo express concerns about the impact on biodiversity and depletion of groundwater.
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- 2015