Vaquita – Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise

COMMUNITIES

The Upper Gulf of California, Mexico is a where sparse desert meets a rich sea. Meet the people from the region and and read about how the vaquita is intertwined with their lives.

COMMUNITIES

With socio-economic concerns of communities at the forefront, can a plan to save the vaquita be devised in time, and if so, can it work? A species is at stake, a unique, component of the diversity of life struggling to survive along with the rest of us. Can we afford to lose it, and what will it mean for us if we do? How do you convince people that a small, rarely seen mammal, that is of little or no economic value, nor an essential element in the marine ecosystem is worth saving?

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