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Moskito Coast

The saga of the native divers of the Honduran and Nicaraguan coasts continues. If you're not familiar with this story of corporate greed, consumer ignorance and apathy, and their ripple effects, the following links will take you to some interesting reading:

Traveling to La Mosquitia and back
February 2003 Trip to La Mosquitia
San Francisco Chronicle's 9/2002 article
Seeking lobsters, Miskito Indians find death
Industry kills, disables divers to get pricey exports
World Bank Report:
The Lobster Fishery of the Honduran and Nicaraguan Moskitia
An archived copy of
Paralysis, Salvation or Famine: THE MISKITO DICHOTOMY CONTINUES
Sub Ocean Safety Web site with their Article Archive and Photo Trek
Honduras This Week's 1998 article:Mosquitia's Zona Recuperada faces hard times ahead
Journal of Political Ecology's 1998 article:Lobster in the Rain Forest: The Political Ecology of Miskito Wage Labor and Agricultural Deforestation

Last Modified: March 23, 2003
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