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Mexico:

History:
* Discovered by Columbus 1492
* Conquered by Cortes in 1519
* Colonial period untill 1810
* Independence war strted september 16 1810 and lasteduntill 1821
* Mexican revolution november 20 1910

Economy:
* Tourism
* Agriculture
* Minery
* Ports like Veracruz

Natural Resources:
Minerals: The miningsector was dominated by hydrocarbons, with some of the world's largest deposits of petroleum (17th) and natural gas (18th). Mexico is also ranked in the top 5 producers of silver (13% of world production), bismuth (20% of the world's total), celestite (7% of world output) and fluorspar (18% of world output); sixth in molybdenum; among the top 10 in barite, bentonite, arsenic, diatomite, graphite,cadmium, gypsum, mine lead, manganese ore, salt, sulfur, and mine zinc; and in the top 15 in mine copper, cement, gold, and crude steel (second largest producer in Latin America).
Fishing: With 9,330 kilometers (5,798 miles) of coast along the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, fishery is very extensive in Mexico with a total catch of 1.02 million tonnes for 2007, accounting for1.4% of the world's production and ranking at the 17th position.
Agriculture: This economic activity is another important area. Main crops include corn (ranked 4th worldwide), sorghum (4th), and beans (5th). Mexico is also a major producer and exporter of fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products, being among the top 10 producers of avocado, cacao, coffee, lemon, mango, orange, tomato,sugarcane, honey and banana. Mexico also has the climatic conditions which allow the production and export of cattle, pigs, goats and sheep.
Forestry: 39% of the Mexican territory is composed of forests and woodland. This includes scrub, oak and pine forests, low jungles and tall deciduous forests, combined with mangroves, marshes, and savannas. These forests are commonly used for providing timber- however wood production costs are 35-40% higher due to topography - as well as ecological and wildlife reserves and untapped pharmaceutical stores due to Mexico being a megadiverse country.

Global Warming:
Mexico's Beaches Threatened by Global Warming - 4/23/07
Global warming is threatening Mexico's beaches, one of the nation's most beautiful natural resources and a huge generator oftourism income and jobs.
According to a front-page Earth Day feature that ran in Mexico's national daily Reforma , hurricanes and rising sea levels are eating away hundreds of miles of beaches in five Mexican states, including Quintana Roo in the Yucatan Peninsula. That's the southern Mexican state that's home to the beach city of Cancun and other resorts along the so-called Riviera Maya, the wildlypopular Caribbean playground that attracts about 40% of Mexico's international visitors.
Hurricane Wilma swept away much of the sugary sand of Cancun's famed hotel zone in September 2005. The government spent more than $21 million in an attempt to restore the beach, but continued erosion has undone much of that effort.
Melting glaciers are raising sea levels that could swamp thousands of miles ofcoast line. Global warming is likewise boosting ocean temperatures, which experts say portends more frequent and more powerful hurricanes. Water pollution and real estate developers are destroying mangroves that help shield beaches from erosion.

Mexico Adopts Standards to Measure Global Warming Gases - 8/25/04
Mexico today launched a new partnership that makes it the first country to adoptinternationally-accepted standards to measure and report business greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for establishing a voluntary national program.
The partnership, called the Mexico GHG Pilot Program, was launched with the signing of an agreement between Mexico's Secretariat for the Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or SEMARNAT), the World Resources...