Jalisco Mexico Focuses on the Environment
 PVNN
Last month, the United Nations (UN) awarded the Certificate of World Leadership to President Felipe Calderón and the people of Mexico for Mexico's outstanding participation in the "Let's Plant for the Planet" scheme: The Billion Tree Campaign.
This is the first time the UN has awarded the World Leadership Certificate to a president, confirming Mexico's leadership in world environmental care through specific, verifiable, high impact actions.
On June 5th, World Environment Day, President Felipe Calderón expressed his thanks for the award and repeated his commitment to work even harder to preserve the environment.
In this respect, he invited all Mexicans, regardless of their social status or political affiliation, to help plant the largest number of trees possible in a single day on July 5, 2008.
A recent article published by the Guadalajara Reporter stated:
 | Jalisco will play a significant role as Mexico looks to plant five million trees in a single day on Saturday, July 5, 2008.
Thousands of children all over Mexico will plant trees on Saturday, July 5. State authorities hope 20,000 volunteers will plant 420,000 trees in urban areas of Jalisco in a world-record-breaking reforestation effort.
The National Forestry Commission (Conafor) is spearheading the project under the slogan: Plant a Tree and Become Part of History.
The Mexican government has made reforestation a key part of its environmental focus.
"It’s time to stop this crime against nature before nature takes its revenge on us," President Felipe Calderon said this week in a speech on deforestation.
Conafor hopes for a huge turnout for the 25 reforestation projects scheduled in different parts of Jalisco on Saturday. The planting will take place on 400 hectares of land in Acatlan de Juarez, Ameca, Atemajac de Brizuela, Autlan de Navarro, Bolaños, La Huerta, Lagos de Moreno, Mezquitic, Mixtlan, San Sebastian del Oeste, Tala, Talpa de Allende, Tapalpa, Tenamaxtlan, Tequila, Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Zapotlan El Grande and Zapotlanejo.
Some 250 reforestation projects are planned nationwide. |  |
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