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, Zacatecas
Strategic 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 SEMARNAT

Program 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 Months
Before

After
 Island/ 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