Most movement led by civil society organizations that are resistant to the over-exploitation, are tragically, organizations that come together with the economic elite, becoming the subject of the devastation of natural resources in an area of \u200b\u200bconsumption. These associations play the idea that you can reverse the situation of the entire planet if a person makes small actions to change their environment and get great results, what is ignored is that not only individuals are guilty of the catastrophic situation that is brewing in the world, are big business with its power of destruction that are destroying nature, and not are responsible for their actions. Paradoxically, these corporations have the backing of institutions of different states and "environmental organizations", which paid large sums of money for his discretion and to maintain impunity.
In the case of Mexico, we have examples of opposition to the destruction of the environment. There are hundreds of fights people have undertaken to defend their land and heritage community, have great battles for their right to survive on their own cultural identity and natural resources by taking only the essentials to meet your needs.
The most mentioned recently is undoubtedly that of San Salvador Atenco, a town located in the State of Mexico, near the Federal District, which in 2001 was expropriated more than 5 000 hectares In order to build an international airport. The construction of this work responds to the strategic place where Atenco is located, since it is located in an ideal area where is located the only plain near Mexico City, about 40 kilometers from the capital, surrounded by the mountainous area of \u200b\u200bthe State of Mexico and near Lake Texcoco.
Thanks to the struggle that held the People's Front in Defense of the Land (FPDT) was achieved that the administration of Vicente Fox did not continue with the project, which involved more than 40 thousand inhabitants of the region, neighboring municipalities, and that have serious adverse public health and environmental impact.
As is typical of institutions divorced from the general interest, the federal executive did not take into account affected villagers. The unrest also took the legal route, 11 appeals were lodged against the expropriation. That reason attending farmers demonstrated in the decisions to suspend the acts of authority, as granted by the Second Collegiate Administrative Tribunal by the defense that brought the ejido Santiago Cuautlalpan (located in Texcoco) through of the Agrarian. Also, three municipalities and the Federal District promoted constitutional controversies before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. Recall the cases of invasion of powers provided for in article 103 of the Constitution and Article 1 of Section II of the Law of Amparo. Municipalities plaintiffs alleged a violation of Article 115 Section V paragraphs a and d of the Constitution with regard to their participation in the administration and approval of urban development plans, in addition to its monitoring land use.
Another example that we can refer takes place in Oaxaca, which is an important benchmark in the struggle against arbitrary and despotic Mexican state where they have gestated movements led by indigenous people, who struggle for their right to self determination. The municipality
Zacatepec, Mixe territory, they fought a battle for control of land, because it granted a concession to a Canadian mining company operating more than 4 000 hectares concession that the Mixe people strongly opposed and whose iron battle that the company managed to desist from his intention in 2009.
Despite the difficulty of the struggle, the victories have won, as we noted above, unfortunately the specter of death and injustice all round genuine and free movement in their walk.
Our fellow defenders of the earth are imprisoned and killed for their subversive attitude to the interests inhuman have a clear example of Beatriz Honey, environmentalist and human rights defender, was killed on his way to the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala in a humanitarian convoy. Abarca partner or opponent of the mining project of the Canadian company
Blackfire Chicomuselo in the municipality, Chiapas, killed a year ago.
In conclusion, the misfortunes that fall upon our people struggling for land does not make them stop, they are encouraged to continue the battle, anger makes them lose their fear of demanding what is rightfully theirs.
1 Our response to the excessive harvesting of natural resources by the Machinery capitalist, is the resistance of the people, defending the ejido and community centers, the ownership of their lands and exploitation of them by the community, not the individual. Replies to go on the offensive by control of natural resources are the nation, ours and not "them", which when finished with all leave, leaving only destruction and misery.
Natural resources are a source of life, not money supply. 1 As an example of international law we have the ILO Convention 169, which is the product of processes Social triggered by people, not the "goodwill" of the rulers. 
