There's an army taking to Mexico City's streets — the Tree Army.
Arturo Hernandez, second from right, poses next to members of The Tree Army, a group that works to improve the urban forest, after breaking concrete placed on the roots of a tree in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. – Scooting on his electric skateboard through a southern Mexico City neighborhood, Arturo Hernández spots a likely target for his next action and uploads a photo to social media calling his followers to help.
“I always tell people, if we can’t take care of the tree in front of our home, how can we expect to save a place like the Amazon?” Hernández said. He said he's responded to about a dozen cases of tree vandalism since starting the group, and now fields more than 15 messages a day from people reporting vandalized trees throughout the city. Common complaints include businesses cutting down trees to improve their visibility, people incorrectly trimming trees and people pouring concrete over the soil at a tree's base, perhaps to add parking or to avoid maintenance headaches like picking up after dogs or clearing out litter.
“Do one of you guys want to take a swing?” Hernández said to the observers. “The people that are most affected by this is you." Fanny Ruiz Palacios, a spokeswoman for the city’s Secretariat of the Environment, said the city has developed programs to care for trees, but that care along secondary roads depends on the various borough governments.
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