Episode #7 - Environmental Issues, Cause of Migration

In our 7th episode, we focus on environmental issues, such as mining, water contamination, and privatization, subsistence farming connected with migration. Our guest, Jocelin Gregorio-Alarcon, a recent graduate from Lehigh University with a B.A on Earth and Environmental Science and minor in Latin American and Latino Studies. Jocelin opens our eyes to why environmental issues in Central America are something not many people research and focus on, but it affects everyone in the region.

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Document with Sources and Resources

Underlying the Violence Using NDVI as a Proxy for Drought and Rural Emigration Out of the Central American Dry Corridor

Documentary: “Gold Fever”