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Activist fights to keep centennial trees alive

Tree preservation, a common struggle in Mexico

Jorge del Bosque is on the side of the highway, where he hopes to save 300 trees from being cut down; he says the company in charge of cutting the trees will take legal action for his meddling with their work. Photo: César Gómez/EL UNIVERSAL
The practice is quite common in other parts of the country and neighbors from Tlalnepantla, the State of Mexico, have shown their support when it comes to saving trees on public streets. Photo: Rebeca Jiménez Jacinto/EL UNIVERSAL
In some of the forest of the capital, such as the ones found in San Pablo Oztotepec and Santa Ana Tlacotenco in the borough of Milpa Alta, illegal logging is a practice condemned by neighbors and environmentalists. Photo: File photo/EL UNIVERSAL
A more than 82 feet high and 250 years old camphor was cut down because it represented a risk to vehicles in Cuautitlán-Tultepec highway. Photo: Featured photography
Remaining pine trees on Paseo de Echegaray in the State of Mexico were marked by people in order to protect them. According to local authorities, 26 trees were cut down, but neighbors affirm they were at least 60 and marked more than 300 pines. Photo: Rebeca Jiménez Jacinto/EL UNIVERSAL
11/05/2017 |19:53Newsroom |
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Many have been the complaints and protests filed to the organism in charge of protecting the environment in Mexico, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), since logging, civil protection, public works and forestry development have taken down both young and ancient trees throughout the country's landscape.

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