Fwd: Re: [dplex] Army will guard Monarch Butterfly Sanctuaries

[Neil Jones]

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Subject: Re: [dplex] Army will guard Monarch Butterfly Sanctuaries
Date: Saturday 19 June 2004 14:24
From: Chip Taylor <chip at ku.edu>
To: dplex-l at listproc.cc.ku.edu

Translation provided by Carol Cullar

<http://www.mimorelia.com/vernota.php?id=4998>http://www.mimorelia.com/vernot
a.php?id=4998

EjŽrcito vigilara santuarios de la Mariposa Monarca
Army will guard Monarch Butterfly Sanctuaries

By Arturo Estrada Chavez/ Information Analysis and Correspondence Agency

Thursday June 17, 2004

Morelia, Mich., June 17--Units of the Mexican Army will have a
presence in the monarch butterfly sanctuaries, in order to dissuade
and discourage the activity of the illegal loggers in the region,
acknowledged Michoac‡n Governor, Lazarus Cardenas Batel.

However, he clarified that the Mexican Army will only have support
functions, of endorsement, since its fundamental task is to safeguard
the sovereignty of the country, to announce that they will intensify
the actions to fight the phenomenon of clandestine logging in
Michoacan forests.

In a press conference, the State spokesman clarified that soldiers
positioned in strategic forest sites" will not pursue illegal
loggers".

Further on, Lazarus Cardenas also announced that the recently created
Secretary of Public Security Office will support in an important
manner the combating of clandestine logging of the State's forested
zone.

He added that his administration will allocate a healthy sum of money
to buy modern equipment, ultramodern, that allows with better results
the fighting of forest fires, that year after year devastate
important areas.

The clandestine logging of lumber we will fight jointly with the
Federal authorities, thus combining efforts we will continue
confiscating large quantities of lumber and detaining the offenders
of the law, he expressed.

Besides he acknowledged that as to the protection of the monarch
butterfly sanctuaries, good coordination is had with the governor of
the State of Mexico, Arturo Montiel.

We will fight, he said, the logging of the Michoacan forests with all
the force of the State, therefore the efforts are serious and strong
to obtain each time better results in that line.

Moments before, in the framework of the VI (National of Legislators
in Environmental Matter), Lazarus C‡rdenas had declared that no
development without sustainability can exist.

Finally, the representative said that Michoacan is an entity
extremely rich in its natural patrimony, its great diversity, and
that its emblems are Lake Patzcuaro and the monarch butterfly.
____________________end__________translated by Carol Cullar

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