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Mexico City Invites Public to July 26 ‘Restauratón: Bosques por siempre’ in El Tepeyac and Sierra de Guadalupe

Organizers released detailed guidance on meeting logistics to equip volunteers for forest restoration tasks in northern protected areas

Overview

  • Volunteers can join the free event at 8:00 a.m. on July 26 at the Canchas del Cerro Gachupines in Painal, Santa Isabel Tola in Gustavo A. Madero, a 20-minute trip from Metro Indios Verdes.
  • Attendees are advised to wear comfortable clothing, hats or sombreros, gloves and sturdy footwear and to bring water, snacks and bags for waste collection.
  • Restoration activities include reforestation, tending previously planted areas, creating pollinator gardens, removing invasive vines and collecting solid waste.
  • Interactive environmental education modules will introduce participants to concepts like “farmacias vivientes” to raise local ecological awareness.
  • The initiative, led by Sedema’s DGSANPAVA, targets El Tepeyac, Sierra de Guadalupe and La Armella, which host 180 species including 18 under legal protection and eight Basin of Mexico endemics.