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Caballeros in foreground taking a break
from ferrying tourists to the Monarch colonies;
the helicopter in background was one of three transporting dignitaries to the event.
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press interviewing Dario García de la Paz,
President of Alianza de Ejidos y Comunidades Reserva Mariposa Monarca, A.C.
(Alliance of Ejidos & Communities in the Monarch Butterfly Reserve, Civil
Asso.)
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a bit of theater...
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Mexican environmental officials present included:
the new Director of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Preserve (MBBR), Eduardo Ramirez Alvarado;
the Director of the Environmental Attorney General’s Office (PROFEPA), José Luis Luege Tamargo;
the Michoacan Delegate of PROFEPA, Francisco Luna Contreras;
the President of National Commission for Protected Areas (CONANP), Dr. Ernesto Enkerlin Hoeflich.
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former Municipal President of Angangueo, Jorge Martín Arizmend
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Dr. Ernesto Enkerlin Hoeflich
President of the Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP)
(National Commission for the Protection of Natural Areas)
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Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, Governor of Michoacan speaks with Sierra Chincua auditorium in background
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Forest Firefighters looking on
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24 Oct 2009 © Mike Quinn / entomike@gmail.com / Texas Entomology / Texas Monarch Watch