Global News - November 2007
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Mexico pledges £2.3m to protect rare butterfly population
Wed 28 November 2007 14:00 UK — North America,Other
Mexico's government has announced plans to invest £2.3 million in a reserve designed to protect the threatened habitat of the monarch butterfly.
The money will buy equipment and advertising for the 124,000 acre Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Associated Press reported, helping to protect the area which is the winter home to millions of the butterflies.
Park rangers already patrol the reserve to prevent the illegal logging that threatens the butterfly's habitat, but the Environmental News Service reported that Mexican President Felipe Calderon hoped the money would encourage tourism in the area to further protect the migratory insects.
"This nature reserve annually receives millions of butterflies that come to spend the winter in our ancient sacred firs after a journey of over 4,000 kilometres from Canada to Mexico," he explained.
"These butterflies, which attract thousands of tourists, are regarded as one of Mexico's natural wonders and this season, we hope to receive 230,000 tourists," Mr Calderon added.
Figures published by Mexican conservation groups revealed a 48 per cent drop in illegal logging within the reserve so far in 2007.
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