In the context of World Environment Day, which is commemorated this Wednesday, June 5, there is nothing to celebrate, said environmentalists Máximo Ibarra Borbón and Víctor Manuel Ruiz Siaruqui.
“Drought and climate change, for example, are consequences of the lack of responsibility and awareness on the part of the government, at all levels, as well as the population,” they said.
Ibarra Borbón affirmed that, in the particular case of the Mayo Region, things “are worse than ever,” with pollution occurring in many areas.
For example, he indicated, there has been an increase in the indiscriminate use of agrochemicals, open-air dumping fires, the burning of straw, deforestation, dumping of sewage into the sea, pollution of the Mayo River, and the felling of mangroves and pitaya forests, among other problems.
“On this day, we must raise our voices, because damage to the environment is the order of the day,” Ibarra Borbón stated.
He pointed out that the main culprits of this problem are the authorities, who do not enforce the law.
“Governments are not interested in ecology, but rather in flashy projects,” he added.
DAMAGE TO NATURE
For his part, Ruiz Siaruqui said that southern Sonora is one of the regions with the most damage to nature, due to the lack of awareness among many people and the lack of work by the authorities.
“An example of this are the mangroves and pitaya forests, which are heavily polluted and cut down by people, and for which there is no government oversight,” he stated.
“Three-year periods go by, and environmental pollution in the Mayo Region is at its peak”: Máximo Ibarra
World Environment Day has been celebrated every June 5th since 1973, by agreement of the United Nations General Assembly.
Source: diariodelyaqui
