Everyone, hands to the trees! Bedolla starts state reforestation – MonitorExpresso.com

Morelia, Michoacán. – Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla stressed that in Michoacán life and trees will have to be planted, as the reforestation campaign Without forests there is no water begins, which this year aims to plant 10 million specimens, mainly in areas that were affected by forest fires, Natural Protected Areas (ANP) and in the basin of Lake Pátzcuaro. according to a statement. When kicking off the campaign in the town of San José de las Torres, municipality of Morelia, the president stressed that the State Government will carry out reforestation work in the Michoacan geography, together with community inhabitants, the educational sector and the general population that joins in. He stressed that derived from the Forest Guardian satellite surveillance system, unique at the national level, the change in land use is monitored in a timely manner and the 6 million hectares that comprise the state geography are monitored in real time, which has made it possible to file around 300 complaints with the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Proam) for damage to natural resources. During the event, Ramírez Bedolla recognized the important work carried out by the brigade members to control forest fires and preserve the natural resources of the entity. Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Environment, Alejandro Méndez López, pointed out that in the face of the global threat of climate change, the living beings that are going to save life on the planet are trees, friends of humanity. In addition, he pointed out that the importance of trees lies not only in the fact that they provide oxygen to humanity, but also wood as fuel, material to build our houses, resin, they give us fruits and provide their shade. The event was attended by the general director of the Forestry Commission, Martha Rendón López; the representative in the state of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), Carlos Alberto García Salgado; the head of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) in Michoacán, Marco Antonio Méndez Cortés; as well as state officials and residents of the locality.

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