Ducks Unlimited Canada Podcast

Eduardo Carrera is the CEO of Ducks Unlimited Mexico, DUMAC for short. Eduardo oversees a Ducks Unlimited team that tackles threats its country’s wetlands much the way a grassroots NGO would.  Folks who live in poor rural Mexican communities often lack modern sanitation technologies. And, they’re not aware of the impact their wastewater is having on nearby and fragile wetlands. So, to save those wetlands Eduardo and his colleagues provide those technologies and that education to teachers in the communities, students and even professionals who need evidence-based resources to help them understand ecological issues in Mexico and beyond. Meanwhile on the coasts of Mexico tourism and shrimp farming threaten mangrove swamps that are the winter homes to migratory birds including ducks from Canada. We spoke with Eduardo about the complex issues and ingenious solutions he explores every day. Meanwhile, in P.E.I., Lucy is a stubborn black duck who, for the past few years has raises her family in the garden plants outs