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Forests of Michoacán, Mexico disappearing Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com November 7, 2005 90% of the tropical forest in Lázaro Cárdenas, Aquila y Coahuayana -- municipalities in the state of Michoacán, Mexico -- has been destroyed according to an article in Cambio de Michoacán. Cattle ranching, mining, and the harvesting of precious wood are blamed as the principle causes behind the forest loss. Earlier this year Mexican authorities sent in the army to protect endangered sea turtles from poaching after some 80 protected Olive Ridley sea turtles were found chopped to pieces on Escobilla beach in Oaxaca, Mexico. Authorities in Michoacán are working to protect the remaining forests by convincing farmers not to hunt endangered species and cut timber from local forests. It is unclear as to whether these efforts are of much success.
This news item used information from Cambio de Michoacán.
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