Illegal Logging at Mexico's Monarch Overwintering Region
December 15, 2015
By Elizabeth Howard

Almost 25 acres of a highly critical area of the core zone of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve has been destroyed by illegal logging, say U.S. and Mexican scientists. Satellite images reveal the destruction took place in December, 2015.

"We want to emphasize that we are not assigning blame with this report, but sharing information that we hope will highlight the magnitude of the challenge that we are facing, and lead to increased protection for monarch habitat," says Dr. Karen Oberhauser.

Illegal Logging in Sanctuary Core Zone

Karen Oberhauser, Lincoln Brower, Daniel Slayback, Pablo Jaramillo-López, M. Isabel Ramirez and Linda Fink