Mexico finds illegal avocado plantation in Monarch reserve
Mexico finds illegal avocado plantation in Monarch reserve
Updated 2:48 pm, Wednesday, February 21, 2018
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican environmental inspectors say they've found 7.4 acres (3 hectares) of illegal avocado plantations in the Monarch butterfly wintering grounds west of Mexico City.
It's apparently the first time that a wave of avocado planting has directly affected the heart of the Monarch area, a protected nature reserve.
Monarch butterflies migrate from the U.S. and Canada to pine and fir forests that thrive at about the same altitude as prime avocado-growing land.
Previously deforestation linked to lucrative avocado planting had been seen in areas to the west and south of the reserve.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Mexico-finds-illegal-avocado-plantation-in-12631052.php
Environment and energy:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127115629
