The Tijuana Río Conecta project, financed by the Coca-Cola Foundation, is an inter-institutional effort for the conservation of an ecosystem located within the urban area of Tijuana, a border city in southern California. This natural site arises in a unique environment because decades ago an artificial channel was built to prevent flooding in the city and inhibit irregular settlement in the riverbed. However, this canal has suffered from systematic abandonment and residential, commercial, and industrial pollution, which puts the ecosystem at risk.
At Pronatura Noroeste we collaborate directly with the Tijuana Río Conecta collective, managed by oceanologist Gabriela Caloca, who is in charge of water and wetland projects throughout the northwest region. This work for the restoration of the ecosystem in the Tijuana River is carried out in partnership with the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Government of the State of Baja California through the Directorate of Environmental Policy and Climate Change, the Directorate of Environmental Management, and the Liaison Coordinator. Likewise, there is support in Tijuana from the Corporación del Fuerte.
Within the environmental work agenda at this site are cleanup days supported by the government, businesses, and the community to remove solid waste and debris. In the short term, it is the intent to give workshops to children from state schools near the Tijuana River, so that the students know the place and become aware of the environmental issue, so that the site becomes a decent space in which it is possible to observe flora and fauna that inhabit this place.
We invite you to invest in this conservation project for the border city and its distinctive ecosystem, the Tijuana River.
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2024-08-02
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