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- The monarch butterfly population in Mexico rose 64% this winter, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mexico.
- The area occupied expanded to 2.93 hectares, the largest since 2018.
- Mexican environment minister Alicia Bárcena Ibarra emphasized the need for collective conservation.
- Conservation efforts reduced illegal logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, with progress since 2008.
- Habitat loss from deforestation and herbicide use continues to threaten the species.
