Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo — Mayor Blanca Merari Tziu Muñoz launched the “Green Circuit, for a Sustainable Puerto Morelos” program as part of the municipality’s 10th anniversary celebrations.
The high-impact ecological initiative aims to strengthen environmental care, strategic tree planting, and environmental education among residents, reinforcing local identity and protection of natural resources.
“This is about paying tribute to a municipality that has always distinguished itself as a town that loves, cares for, and respects its natural environment, its protected natural areas, its fauna and flora, its mangroves and cenotes,” the mayor said.
The project is coordinated by the Municipal Secretariat of Environment, Animal Welfare and Sustainable Mobility, in partnership with the Quintana Roo Secretariat of Environment (Sema). Its main goal is to register and identify tree specimens in a specialized digital platform, classifying species according to the federal standard NOM-059 of Semarnat.
The Green Circuit route began early in the Leona Vicario delegation, where signage and naming of emblematic trees of great ecological value were placed, highlighting an imposing Ceiba and a Chicozapote; the latter functions as a microecosystem hosting native orchids and bromeliads.
The tour continued to the community of Delirios, where authorities recognized the environmental value of a Pich tree (Guanacaste) and another Chicozapote specimen. The delegation then moved to the sub-delegation of Central Vallarta, an area with deep historical and cultural roots, where a Cedar was officially registered.
The environmental activities concluded at the Linear Park in Supermanzana 19, in the municipal seat, where students and local families participated in planting endemic plants. Resident Regina Dolores Osorio Hernández thanked the recovery of the public space, which now has better lighting, security, and cleanliness, and urged the community to monitor and keep the area free of pollution.
Key officials participating in the tour included local Environment Secretary Aimee Rodríguez Vivas; Leona Vicario delegate Lucelly Benítez Arzapalo; councilwoman Rosario Concha Naal, as well as ejido authorities and citizens committed to the region’s green future.
