Mexico City will plant 10 million trees to reduce pollution

There will be 10 million specimens of different species to counteract pollution, according to the Megalopolis government.

The poor quality of the air, protagonist of the last week of environmental contingency that even left without schools several schools and universities, motivated the search for solutions by the authorities of the CDMX, who has just announced a plan of massive planting of trees .

There will be 10 million specimens of different species to counteract pollution, according to the Megalopolis government.

“In June I believe that reforestation begins; We are going to announce it this week.

“It’s part of our city’s reforestation program. Our goal is to reach 10 million trees and plants, both in the rural area and in the urban part.

“Starting in June, it will be the tequios – community work or tribute for its meaning in Nahuatl -, reforestation,” said Sheinbaum.

It was also learned that poor air quality, now due to ozone, continued in the last few hours in some regions of the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico (ZMVM) such as Xalostoc, Nezahualcóyotl, Gustavo A. Madero and Azcapotzalco.

PM2.5 particles gave a truce, since the highest records were 96 points in Nezahualcoyotl, below the 161 that were recorded on Tuesday last week, when the Extraordinary Environmental Contingency was detonated.

Source: forbes

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