Green living

Land Conservation

Fifty-nine percent of the total area of the Federal District is designated as conservation land. In order to protect this highly valuable land, Mexico City is creating a specialized surveillance corps to enforce the laws and restrict settlements on conservation land.

The Federal District’s emphasis on land conservation brings clean air, food, forests and water to the surrounding urban area. In addition to a surveillance corps that will provide strict reinforcement of the law and penalties for those who harm conservation land, Mexico City is implementing additional programs that aim to protect the highly valuable natural ecosystems.

Mexico City is restoring the Magdalena River Basin and Eslava River Basin, reversing their degradation by 100 percent by 2012. The city also plans to protect 27 percent of the conservation land through the establishment of a payment system for environmental services to the owners of forests who abide by the conservation requirements.

Mexico City is promoting improved management of natural resources, specifically the preservation of the native Mexican corn species and the development of sustainable agricultural practices in 8,000 hectares of farm land by 2012.

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