Living Without Electricity in Baja California

Living Without Electricity in Baja California

EL COLEF

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) is a Research Center founded in 1982. COLEF´s mission that can be broken down into three goals: To study and divulge the signi cance of regional issues occurring in the US-Mexico border, to train students and sta to excel as professionals and researchers, and to maintain close links with civil society and government to contribute to the develop- ment of the region and the country. COLEF’s headquarters are located in Tijuana and has branches in Monterrey, Ciudad Juarez,

Mexicali, Nogales, Piedras Negras, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros. There is also an outreach and extension o ce, Casa Colef, in Mexico City. COLEF is a member of the network of the Public Centers of Research of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT).

Rigoberto García Ochoa Research professor. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Boris Graizbord Ed Research professor. El Colegio de México

Ana Karen Campa Madrid Master in Comprehensive Administration of Environment. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Maveth Patricia Romero Gamboa Pronatura Noroeste A.C. Master in Regional Development. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

We are the environmental conservation organization with the longest trajectory and presence in Northwestern Mexico. With 30 years of uninterrupted work, we monitor and conserve the ora, fauna, and priority ecosystems of this privileged area of the planet. We work in the ecoregions of the Baja California peninsula, Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit, the western slopes of Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco and Colima, the Gulf of California and its islands, and Mexico's exclusive economic zone in the Paci c Ocean, corresponding to the aforemen-

tioned coastal states.

Geovanni Cordero Geographic Information Systems Coordinator Lili Esparza Geographic Information Systems Technician

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