Mexico: Sedema seeks to preserve the ecosystem work of bees on conservation land

With the Altépetl program, 192 beekeepers have been supported Mexico City, May 23, 2022.— With the Peasant Learning Communities, the producers of conservation land have received training and support for agroecological certification and obtaining the use of the Green Seal agroecological distinctive. On the occasion of World Bee Day, the Secretariat of the Environment (Sedema) of Mexico City, through the Commission for Natural Resources and Rural Development (Corenadr), reports that 192 beekeepers have been supported with economic resources, in kind and training, in order to ensure the health and well-being of the bees in the conservation area, as well as to promote beekeeping production. Through the Altépetl program, implemented since 2019, 13,511 agricultural and livestock producers have been supported with the purpose of promoting sustainable agricultural production activities and contributing to the rescue of the biocultural heritage of the inhabitants of the conservation land. ...