Abstract

The Sierra Nevada foothills of Mexico are the site of the Incalli Ixcahuicopa International Center for Sustainability and Training, which was inaugurated on July 13, 2005. The Center's overriding objective is to protect and rehabilitate forests which are seen as crucial for replenishing Mexico City's aquifers. The Center is the result of a collaboration between the Mexico State Government Ecology Secretariat, the United Nations Environment Program, and the Autonomous Metropolitan University (AMU), whose Sierra Nevada Research Program has been working to halt environmental degradation in this mountainous area for the past 9 years. Their agreement effectively gives the AMU the mandate, funding, and infrastructure to take conrotecting Mexico City's ater supply

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