Illegal deforestation detected in butterfly reserve in Mexico: WWF
Illegal deforestation detected in butterfly reserve in Mexico: WWF
English.news.cn 2015-08-26 13:14:51
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Illegal deforestation in a natural reserve destined to harbor monarch butterflies in the southeastern Mexican state of Michoacan has destroyed 19 hectares of woods, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said Tuesday.
A total of 21.01 hectares of woodland inside the community of San Felipe de los Alzati within the monarch butterfly reserve have been lost, with others being lost due to drought, pests and landslides, the WWF report said, which presented the results of its 2014-2015 monitoring of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
The report, co-written with Telcel and the National Autonomous University of Mexico's Institute of Biology, all members of the Monarch Fund, found 96 percent of the reserve in San Felipe de los Alzati were affected by illegal logging.
"It is therefore crucial that authorities increase their vigilance and increase dialogue with this community to understand the causes and stop this degradation," said Omar Vidal, director general of WWF-Mexico.
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