The best thing to be done is to preserve areas of tropical dry forest in Mexico, but in small quantities at a time. It would be unreasonable to begin to preserve large areas of tropical dry forest and force the inhabitants to leave their homes. Many people are subsisting off of the tropical dry forests in Mexico so we need to find a way to balance their necessities with the necessities of the ecosystem. With 38% of the tropical dry forest area, I believe it would be possible for Mexico’s government to cooperate and protect more than the 0.2% it is currently protecting. According to research conducted by Ceballos and Garcia, currently Mexico has no comprehensive plan to conserve its tropical dry forests. More research and knowledge is needed about how rapidly the tropical dry forests of Mexico are being exploited and whether cultivated tropical dry forest areas will be able to adequately recover without the risk of too many invasive plants and drastic soil composition changes. Rather than moving people out of their homes, I believe more legal campaigning needs to take place as did for the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve. We need to focus on protecting the uninhabited areas of tropical dry forest before they become inhabited and cultivated. I also believe more volunteer groups should be organized to help remove non-native plants so that the tropical dry forests that are trying to recover can do so more quickly. I would not suggest more tourism, although that may be an option to help generate revenue in other ecosystems, due to the fact that tropical dry forest area are sometimes deforested and bulldozed to make space for hotels and tourism.
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