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CDMX, September 2, 2021. Juan Carlos Aguirre, an expert environmental lawyer from the law firm Santamarina + Steta reported that the United Nations Organization (UN) launched the program United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restorations, which “It constitutes an international effort to encourage all countries to promote policies and actions to prevent, stop and reverse the degradation of ecosystems.”
“The UN program can be used as a reference framework for the implementation of comprehensive public policies on ecosystem restoration. The efforts of the Mexican government through the implementation of the Program for the Protection and Restoration of Priority Ecosystems and Species (PROREST) by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP) are limited to the restoration of ecosystems in areas located within one of the decreed protected natural areas. This shows the lack of comprehensive actions on ecosystem restoration and of inter-institutional coordination in this regard,” he said.
"An example of the above is the lack of compliance with the General Law on Climate Change, since no action program has been implemented at the federal, state and municipal levels to develop restoration schemes and sustainable management of forests, jungles, wetlands and in particular mangroves and reefs, or to conceive restoration as one of the pillars of climate change adaptation measures, as provided for in said Law."He stressed.
Additionally, Juan Carlos Aguirre pointed out that Mexico has failed and will continue to fail to comply with the guidelines for ecosystem restoration, as long as it lacks a cross-cutting program that includes the federal entities and municipalities. “It is urgent to implement adaptation actions to CC, which specifically include the restoration of ecosystems,” concluded.
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