El Carmen Celebrates 15 Years of Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration
June 06 2016 - 5:30PM
Business Wire
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”) (NYSE: CX) announced today that,
in conjunction with the commemoration of World Environment Day, its
El Carmen Conservation Program is celebrating 15 years of continued
scientific research, habitat preservation, and species restoration.
With over 140,000 hectares, this cross-border private conservation
region between Mexico and the United States is one of the most
biodiversity rich areas in North America and one of the five great
wilderness ecosystems in the world.
Located in northern Coahuila, Mexico, and southern Texas, United
States, El Carmen represents an extensive key biological corridor
for wildlife migration and distribution. This territory is home to
more than 1,500 plant species, 289 avian species, 80 types of
reptiles and amphibians, and 78 mammal species. Among the
highlights of its protection efforts is the reintroduction of
extinct species in the region, such as the bighorn and pronghorn
sheep, which currently number approximately 400 specimens. Other
species with considerably increased populations include the desert
mule deer, the white-tailed deer, and the black bear, which is the
largest population of this species of bear in Mexico.
“Through our El Carmen Conservation Program, we are able to
restore habitats and wildlife in a region that is 8.4 times larger
in size than the total sum of the areas impacted by our operations
worldwide,” said Fernando A. Gonzalez, CEO of CEMEX. “El Carmen’s
15 years of conservation efforts reaffirm the key role that
sustainability plays in our company’s strategy.”
Over the past 15 years, the El Carmen ecological reserve has
provided research and educational opportunities to more than 900
students and academicians, who monitor the region’s biodiversity
and contribute to its conservation. It has also served as the scene
for 16 Master’s and PhD Thesis projects of candidates from
prestigious universities across Mexico and the United States,
including ITESM, UANL, UCLA, Yale, and Texas A&M. Among other
institutions, their study of El Carmen has resulted in the
publication of 60 scientific and popular papers.
El Carmen holds active cooperation agreements with several
conservation NGOs such as Cuenca Los Ojos A.C., The Texas Bighorn
Society, and The Wild Sheep Foundation, as well as orientation
partnerships with such institutions as Agrupacion Sierra Madre,
Unidos Para La Conservacion, Birdlife International, Conservation
International, and The Wild Foundation. The Mexican and U.S.
Governments are also participants in this conservation initiative
through agencies comprising SEMARNAT, CONANP, CONAFOR, and SEMA, in
Mexico, and the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in the United
States.
CEMEX will continue to strengthen its cooperative relationships
to foster El Carmen’s restoration through its participation at the
Business Summit of the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP13) that will
take place in Cancun, Mexico, in December 2016.
To promote the awareness of and respect for the ecosystems that
inhabit El Carmen and CEMEX’s protection and restoration efforts in
this and other areas, the company enabled the CEMEX Nature digital
platform, available online at: http://www.cemexnature.com/
CEMEX is a global building materials company that provides high
quality products and reliable service to customers and communities
in more than 50 countries. Celebrating its 110th anniversary, CEMEX
has a rich history of improving the well-being of those it serves
through innovative building solutions, efficiency advancements, and
efforts to promote a sustainable future.
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