Thousands of animal and plant species are threatened in Mexico

Vietnam News Agency reporter in Mexico reported on January 24, Mexico's Center for Environmental Protection and Rights (Cemda), that there are currently more than 700 species of animals and plants in serious danger and 500 species at risk. extinction, nearly doubling that of 2001.

At a news conference held in the Mexican capital, Cemda President, Gustavo Alanis announced, indigenous wolves, sea cows (with scientific name Dugon Dugon) and turtles (Chelonia Mydas) are animals standing in front of danger. the highest extinction engine , although the Mexican Government has enacted laws prohibiting hunting and trading of products made from these animals throughout the nation's territory for many years.

According to the director of the Wildlife Protection Program in Mexico, Juan Carlos Cantu, human direct and indirect activities for decades have left 40% of vertebrate species at great risk. strains , while since the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued a set of rare and precious animal and plant protection standards in 1998, the number of threatened species increased sharply and the number of species at risk of extinction increased dramatically.

Environmental experts and many government officials agreed that, in parallel with the strict implementation of the Environmental Law , Mexico must strengthen the inspection and control of the process of importing plants and animals from foreign countries, creating a legal corridor for investment in the environmental sector and standardizing key conservation areas.

Mexico is one of 12 countries in the world to be the leader in biodiversity with 200,000 different species. The country currently leads the world in the number of reptiles with 733 species, second in mammals (448), the fourth in amphibians and the second in global ecosystems.