A vital water forest at risk of disappearing
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A water forest that supplies Mexico City with 75% of its water is a critical resource to the country’s capital. But it could dry up in 50 years.
Much is at stake here including the very future of one of the largest cities in the world.
It would take 30 billion dollars to supply the current demand for water in Mexico City if the Water Forest disappeared. That’s according to the Mexican Institute for Ecology and Climate Change.
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