The Natural Resources Protection Area of Texcoco Lake in Mexico State (NRPA) has been appointed as an environmental hydraulic demonstration site by UNESCO, Such first in Mexico.
Environment Minister Alicia Persena and UNESCO’s representative in Mexico made the announcement when the Texcoo Environmental Park Marking World Wetland Day on February 2.
The post recognizes natural sites worldwide, which is under consistent measures in favor of environmental recovery.
“At the Ministry of Environment (Sembernad), our large crucifixion is the restoration of wetlands and restoring marshes. These are two environmental systems. We think they are very important to protect and retrieve, because they are life, species, mangroves (prosperous),” Persena said. In a text.
The Natural Protected Area of 2022 has federally -appointed Texcoco Lake, which contains more than 250 species of plants, 370 species of animals and 10 types of fungi and algae, which are categorized by the International Union for the Protection of Nature (ICCN) .
According to Morales, Semernad has recovered 1,900 hectares of land and 4,000 hectares of water, which is almost 90% of the surrounding Texkoco Environmental Park.
The 14,030 hectares stretched throughout, of which 10,000 lakebett, Texcoco Environmental Park opened on August 2024. This land was initially assigned New International Airport in Mexico City (NAICM) Former President Lopez Oprador until the end of the project in late 2018. Plan Convert the natural part into an environmental park that started in 2021.
Some of the activities implemented in the Texco Lake are to treat water using wetlands, the creation of knowledge of the availability of water, and the largest natural lake of the Mexico Valley is the proceedings to revive the historical and cultural heritage of the lake.
In addition, Texcoco Lake UNESCO was recognized for the task of “attacking a balance between the efficiency and social needs of the Environmental Organization.”
During his speech, Bersena stressed the importance of cooperation between Mexico’s communities and the government to improve water quality, biodiversity and environmental systems and to alleviate the impacts of climate change.
Representatives from the People’s Front under the protection of Earth Group said that his organization is planning to protect the area and improve the well -being of the neighboring communities.
Communities have done a lot for this struggle to protect the wetlands from excessive urbanization and to protect this place from the NAICM’s most intelligent plan they wanted to create this place. .
According to UNESCO, 64% of the world’s wetlands have already disappeared. Texco Lake joins 63 other environmental hydraulic demonstration sites around the world, which works to restore wetlands.
With reports from Universal
