Municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas
Mexico-
Population 185917
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Area 484.0km 2
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GDP N/AN/A
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Targets by N/A N/Aemission
Mexico’s National Ministry of the Environment and Natural
Resources (SEMARNAT) called on schools via the Municipal
Conservation and Environmental Office to participate in
the “Escuela Verde” green school certification process designed
to motivate elementary schools to drive integrated
environmental management actions with support from the
educational community. This action helps diminish schools’
environmental impact and develop environmentally responsible
citizenry.
- Buildings
The principal objective is planting 2825 representative
mountain mesophile tree species from the Chiapas highlands.
The project is also considering a biodiversity inventory
for distinct plant and animal taxonomy groups to serve as
a baseline to evaluate the impact of introducing and maintaining
the hill forest cover will have on additional organism
diversity. The Cerrito de San Cristóbal parcel, approximately
18.8 hectares, belongs to the San Cristóbal de las Casas
municipal government.
The principal objective is planting 2825 representative
mountain mesophile tree species from the Chiapas highlands.
The project is also considering a biodiversity inventory
for distinct plant and animal taxonomy groups to serve as
a baseline to evaluate the impact of introducing and maintaining
the hill forest cover will have on additional organism
diversity. The Cerrito de San Cristóbal parcel, approximately
18.8 hectares, belongs to the San Cristóbal de las Casas
municipal government.
Reforestation efforts have been realized on a five-hectare
parcel in the Agua de Pajarito commons area to plant 5000
seedlings in collaboration with governmental and privatesector
agencies CONAFOR, SAPAM SEMARNAT, SEMAHN,
Nabolom, A.C., the municipal conservation and environmental
office, the Comité de Cuenca, Biocolores, A.C., local
residents and Más Agro magazine. The program involved
approximately 450 individuals.
A workshop was conducted to train environmental boosters
who work together to promote activities programs related to
climate change in the State of Chiapas and thereby create a
culture of environmental awareness in rural and indigenous
communities, based on education and communication about
climate change causes and effects as well as measures individuals
can take in light of such change. The idea is that the
acquired knowledge can be replicated in communities using
the materials and tools trainers receive at the workshop.
This program included participation on the part of children,
teachers, parents and ecology workers. To encourage solid
waste separation and collection in the City Center, a banner
was placed featuring local children’s written words; signs were
also erected in planted areas encouraging citizens to respect
animals and avoid littering. Later, children traveled to a Cultural
Center and learned to recognize tree seeds and the importance
of having forests, the animals that inhabit it, and the reasons
that they are useful to humans.
- Human health
