Overview
- The initiative sent by Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla would elevate the Guardián Forestal program to constitutional status, making its use obligatory for future administrations.
- Property transactions involving rural and agricultural land would require a certified environmental opinion linked to the Public Property Registry and Guardián Forestal to confront illicit real-estate practices, which Bedolla says would make Michoacán the first state to regulate such operations under environmental criteria.
- The draft incorporates geoprocessing and spatial data tools to enable precise territorial management and ensure public access to environmental information.
- It imposes state duties to prevent, investigate, sanction and remediate environmental damage, adopting the precautionary and polluter-pays principles.
- Officials say the reform recognizes the right to a healthy environment, guarantees access to environmental justice, information and participation, prohibits animal cruelty, and Bedolla urged the avocado exporters association Apeam to drop resistance as he warned that legal challenges would not prosper.