Mexico, US and Canada to protect threatened butterflies and porpoises

[Judi Lynn]

Source: International Herald Tribune/Associated Press

Mexico, US and Canada to protect threatened butterflies and porpoises
The Associated Press
Published: June 27, 2007

MEXICO CITY: Mexico, the United States and Canada agreed to work together to protect the monarch butterfly, threatened in Mexico by illegal logging destroying its winter nesting grounds.

Meeting in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, where millions of butterflies spend the winter months, the three-nation Commission for Environmental Cooperation, or CEC, formally pledged Wednesday to support conservation initiatives for the monarch, according to a commission statement.

The monarch butterfly is not listed as endangered, but scientists say deforestation could threaten its existence.

The monarchs' annual 3,400-mile (5,500-kilometer) journey from the forests of eastern Canada and parts of the United States to the central Mexican mountains is considered an aesthetic and scientific wonder.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/28/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Environmental-Cooperation.php

[lynnertic]

1. Well, we'll see about that...

... since it's widely beleived among people who care that the pollen of Monsanto's genetically modified 'BT corn' kills Monarch butterfly caterpillars.

[Lisa]

2. it would help if milkweed could be "decriminalized"

In some places it's on the Noxious Weed list -- so property owners who do not plough it under or poison it are breaking the law. And when the milkweed goes, so do the monarchs.