Finding Purpose in Pollinators
Every year, the Monarch butterfly, an emblematic pollinator, crosses the northern hemisphere to settle in Mexican forests and enrich the existing flora and fauna. Pollinators are animals that ensure the fertilization of flowers and a vital part of their life-cycle. One of the most important is the Monarch butterfly, whose population in eastern North America has declined by 80% in the last two decades.
Preserving the Monarch butterfly's hibernation areas in Mexico means safeguarding habitats that provide ecosystem necessities, such as drinking water, for more than five million people in the Mexico City metropolitan...