Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Urban growth threatens Puerto Vallarta’s natural environment

Whether global warming or lack of awareness among citizens and authorities, in Puerto Vallarta urban growth threatens the natural environment, so on this National Tree Day, little can be celebrated since with the passage of time more and more trees are lost in the municipality.

Since 1959, every second Thursday of July is celebrated as National  Tree Day, this by decree of then-President Adolfo López Mateos, in which we must reflect on our actions that threaten our planet.

Despite the fact that reforestation campaigns are carried out in this municipality, either through the Subdirectorate of the Municipal Environment . . .

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