The Forests and Jungles of Puerto Vallarta Will be Protected

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Jalisco is ranked third nationally in generating foreign exchange for tourism.  It is essential to maintain ecosystem services that give the 

Looking for maintaining environmental quality Puerto Vallarta, third tourist destination in the country by foreign exchange earnings, and to preserve the enormous diversity of the jungles and forests that surround it, the Jalisco government has decided to lead the process of creating an area Natural Protected Area 121,411.6 hectares.

The approach is urgent before the arrival of the proposed bypass road, 30 miles long, that is to pass through a part of the massive jungle surrounding the port, in order to improve communication and facilitate land access for tourists to the area.

"The proposal is driven not only from space and interest of this secretariat, but long and particularly since the state last administration and multiple social actors, production, development and local authorities in the region, through the Agenda for Conservation Mountain, where the establishment of a protected area is one of the priorities identified by all these actors, "said the head of the Ministry of Environment and Territorial Development, Magdalena Ruiz Mejía.

On May 23 there was a meeting in the coastal enclave between representatives of the three levels of government to determine the future of the proposal, initially led by scientists at the University Center of the Costa de la Universidad de Guadalajara.

Agreements: "As the project initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of resources is of interest of the three levels of government and the committees of Urban Development and Environment of the local Congress, meetings will consult with the federal government to define the following actions that lead to the establishment of these conservation initiatives and sustainable use. It is important to consider the trace of the deliverance of Puerto Vallarta, not to affect the proposed protected area. "

The space is to protect the core of Sierra Cuale and includes territory of the municipalities of Puerto Vallarta, Mascota, Talpa and Cabo Corrientes; is part of a broad priority terrestrial region for conservation, as classified by the National Commission for the Use and Conservation of Biodiversity (Conabio) and the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (Conanp), according to the analysis of gaps and omissions in conservation of terrestrial biodiversity of Mexico: spaces and species

"An estimated 52 percent of the wealth of amphibians, 40 percent of reptiles and 36 percent of mammals are endemic to the mountain system [exclusive] of Mexico," she added. The records reported 2,046 species of plants, but it is likely that there are more than four thousand, 72 species of mammals, over 314 bird and 111 species of amphibians and reptiles.

There are 12 types of vegetation, and the marine ecosystem: low subcaducifolias medium forests, deciduous forests, gallery forest, palmar, cloud forests, forests of oak, pine - Pinus jaliscana , endemic to the western Mexican and fir - Abies guatemalensis , in danger of extinction, and the famous Maple or Maple community in Talpa, a cloud or fog unique ecosystem in tropical America, among others.

"Cuale River Mountains provide important environmental services to the region: the conservation of biodiversity and maintenance of ecological and evolutionary processes, microclimate regulation, production and soil and water conservation, pollution mitigation, improved systems agricultural and livestock production, generating employment opportunities and recreational activities, improving living conditions in urban and peri-urban areas and the protection of natural and cultural heritage of cities like Puerto Vallarta, Pets, Talpa and The Tuito "Ruiz Mejía put in relief.

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"In the region, the most important activity is tourism, however, is constrained to traditional tourism [High Impact]; a model such as the Biosphere Reserve, would help to diversify the activity variants of alternative tourism, ecotourism, agro-tourism, rural tourism and cultural "

The area is important because it is a biological corridor of priority species for conservation (Jaguar emblematic case); is a carbon and major forest areas that produce water for Puerto Vallarta