Chiapas

Increasingly, when people talk climate change, they talk about adapting to it. In southern Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala, adaptation could be easier, cheaper and better at preparing for a future of more intense tropical storms and hurricanes. Increasingly, when people talk climate change, they talk about adapting to it. In southern Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala, adaptation could be easier, cheaper and better at preparing for a future of more intense tropical storms and hurricanes.

Farmers in Mexico have been clearing their ecologically important cacao farms. Chocolate lovers are trying to help them bring the cacao back.

As state authorities rushed to collect the bones recently found in southern Mexico, they ruined the archaeological values of the remains.

Grant Fuller reports from southern Mexico on disillusioned Zapatista youths who are ready to give up the movement’s anti-capitalist ideals to try and make some money for themselves as laborers in upscale beach resorts like Cancun.

The rainforest in southern Mexico–known as the “selva”–is slowly being destroyed to make way for farms and ranches. One Indian community is trying to stop the destruction–with an innovative blend of ecotourism and sustainable agriculture. Correspondent Tatiana Schreiber reports from the village of Zapata (za-PA-tah), in the state of Chiapas (chee-AH-pas), Mexico.