UdeG, collaborative space for natural heritage: Karla Planter

Together with firefighters, brigade members, authorities, and communities that care for Mexico's forests, mangroves, and jungles, the Rector General of the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG), teacher Karla Planter Pérez, He inaugurated the 2026 National Forestry Fair and celebrated the 25th anniversary of the National Forestry Commission (Conafor).).

In the Plácido Domingo Hall of the Santander Performing Arts Center, professionals in ecosystem conservation gathered, and Planter Pérez proposed that this fair be a collaboration space in favor of natural heritage.

“It will be a meeting point for listen, learn, dialogue and build bridges of collaboration "In favor of the natural heritage that belongs to all of us," he said. 

He reported that Mexico possesses a privileged natural wealth and is among the twelve countries that safeguard 70 percent of the planet's biodiversity. diversity in which the UdeG It fulfills a substantial rolel. 

“Our scientific work at the university acquires its true meaning when it goes out into the field; therefore, We actively support local governance processes through inter-municipal environmental boards"He said.

The head of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, thanked them for the reception UdeG as the venue for the fair, which brings together professionals committed to the preservation of forests, jungles and mangroves.

“Conafor is one of the most important institutions in Mexico because they work on what truly matters, the care of forests, jungles and mangroves, "With the people and communities, an institution that looks to the present and the future," he declared.

The Director General of Conafor, Sergio Graf Montero, said that the processes of Forest ecosystems are longer than administrative timescales, Therefore, he called for addressing the consequences of degradation, loss of biodiversity, and vulnerability to fires and climate change phenomena.

“Conafor recognizes that the set of forest ecosystems are not only wooded areas, but living territories, source of water, biodiversity, work, culture, identity and well-being“Here, production, conservation, community life, and the climate future of our country are intertwined,” Graf Montero emphasized.

Signing of the National Agreement for Forests, Jungles and Mangroves
 

The head of Semarnat, Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, and the director general of Conafor, Sergio Graf, signed the National agreement for forests, jungles and mangroves, a ten-point plan of commitments for the care of these ecosystems. 

Bárcena Ibarra described the agreement as a pact in favor of nature and communities with the academic and private sectors and with civil society.

“We want to make peace with the forests in order to work on the sustainable use of Mexico’s forests, which are of utmost importance. In our country, we have been damaging our forests for far too long under an extractive model of illegal logging; therefore, We call for a major national agreement for forests, jungles and mangroves"He said.

Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro announced that Jalisco will join the call announced by Semarnat.

"Jalisco will be the first state to sign this agreement "And we join this national agreement for the forests," declared Lemus Navarro.

Attentively
"Piensa y Trabaja"
“40 Years of the Guadalajara International Book Fair”
Guadalajara, Jalisco, September 4, 2026

Text: Press UdeG
Photography: Fernanda Velazquez