Ing. José Manuel Pérez Cantú Ecosystems Restoration Program

Pronatura Noreste A.C.

Brownsville Tx. 24 of July 2007

# Pronatura in México

• A Mexican Organization

• Created in 1981

• Working in 17 states of

México

• 200 full time workers 6 regional representations:

– Pronatura Sur

– Pronatura Península de

Yucatán

– Pronatura Veracruz

– Pronatura Noroeste

– Pronatura Noreste

– Pronatura A.C.

# What is Pronatura Noreste

• Nonprofit Organization

• Created in 1997

• Staff of 40

# Mission

Conservation of the flora, fauna and priority

ecosystems of northeastern Mexico,

promoting society's development in

harmony whit nature.• Ecoregions

• Offices in :

- Monterrey, N.L.

- Matamoros, Tamps.

- Galeana N.L.

- Cuatro Ciénegas, Coah.

- Janos, Chih.

- Cd. Victoria, Tamps

.

Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Durango, ZacatecasStrategic lines of conservation

1. Strategic planning for conservation

2. Legal protection for conservation of land and water

3. Ecological restoration

4.

- Sustainable rural development

5.

- Environmental education (formal and informal)

6.

- Environmental political and arrangement.

7. Management and generation of information (gis

- sig

- cpic)

8. Promote investigation and monitoring.

## Restoration Program

Since 2003 Pronatura Noreste in collaboration

whit the Ministry for the Environment and

Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), has

launched an effort to stop and reverse the

deterioration process in some of the land of

the region

.Problematic

• Lost of productivity of the rural population

• Overgrazing

• Decline of the biodiversity

• Low recharge of the aquifers

• Soil erosion, soil compacting

• Pollution of the cities and rivers by dost.

• Desertification

• Decline in rural income stimulate Rural Migration

## Method

-- Identification of areas

-- Contact whit Producers

-- Sign of the agreement for

conservation (Include rest of the traded

areas)

-- Application of the aereators -- Get legal permits from SEMARNATProgram Equipment

Three John Deere tractors model

8770 of 300 h.p.

One John Deere Model 7500 of 155

h.p. 4 Tandem roller aereators 10 to 12

feet long, 30’’ of diameter.Infiltration

18 cm

32 cm

## Evolution

Traded After 5 MonthsBefore AfterIsland/ Before Treated / After

# Results

• 16,400 hectares traded.

– We have work 47 ranch, 24 in the state of Nuevo León ( 11,240 Ha.), 3 in

the state of Coahuila (120 Ha.) y 20 in the state of Tamaulipas (5,040 Ha.).

– This translates into an increased rain infiltration of around 4.2 M3 of water

– 90,200 ton of soil were retained, that would have otherwise eroded

.Once Pronatura Noreste A

. C

. Work whit the

producers, we help them to have more tools for the

better management practices of their ranch,

elaborating a diagnostic

. And defining in their

objectives the conservation of their soil as their

most valuable resource

.

### With this expertise the program of

restoration of Pronatura is growing

• As organization we give certainty on the

continuity.

• Experience in the operation of the

equipment .

• Contact whit the land owners and training

them on sustainable management of the

natural resources.

### Thanks

...... Ing. José Manuel Pérez Cantú

Restoration Program

Tel.(81)8345

- 1045 ext. 23

jmperez@pronaturane.org