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Forestry Sector: $30 Million in Investment Announced

Through a cooperation agreement with the Mexican government, El Salvador will reforest nearly 50,000 hectares of land in different parts of the country.

Friday, June 21, 2019

The presidents of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, and of the United Mexican States, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, signed on June 20 in Tapachula, state of Chiapas, a cooperation agreement for the planting of 50,000 hectares in El Salvador, a project that will generate 20,000 jobs and is part of the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for Central America, informed the presidency of El Salvador.

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The statement says that "... The total investment supported by Mexico only for El Salvador will be $30 million and will be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG). With this plan PDI Mexico seeks the development of southern Mexico and support the countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America to eradicate the causes of migration."

“I am sure that the welfare we are going to bring, not only for Mexico with the initiative of President López Obrador, which also includes Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, is a hopeful light that will shine in many parts of the world, because the example of what Mexico is doing here is what they need to hear in the rest of the world,” said the Salvadoran ruler."