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AUTHORITIES CONDUCT MAJOR ANTI-LOGGING OPERATION IN MONARCH BUTTERFLY PRESERVE IN MICHOACAN STATE.

Publication: SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
Publication Date: 12-DEC-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The federal government and authorities from two states have taken bold steps to reduce the illegal logging that has decimated a large portion of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in central Mexico. In what was deemed the largest anti-logging operation in Mexican history, authorities in early December raided several clandestine sawmills that process the illegally harvested wood from the preserve. A study in 2000 indicated that illegal logging in the span of three decades damaged about 44% of the pine and fir forests that shelter migrating butterflies during the winter. The butterflies migrate to the forest in central Mexico every winter to hibernate.

Authorities seize large amounts of wood, arrest dozens...

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