KINGDOM OF THE MONARCHS TRIP ITINERARY

The 'Kingdom of the Monarchs' itinerary is a six-day guided tour (February 18–23, 2025) through central Mexico, focusing on the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Led by WWF experts, the trip visits the El Rosario and Chincua sanctuaries to observe the wintering grounds of millions of monarch butterflies that migrate from the US and Canada. The program emphasizes the role of ecotourism as a sustainable economic alternative to logging and showcases WWF-Mexico's reforestation work, which includes planting over 13 million trees to combat illegal deforestation.

• Monarch butterflies perform an annual migration of 3,000 miles from the Northeast United States and Southeast Canada to wintering grounds in the volcanic mountains of central Mexico.
• The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve consists of 12 sanctuaries, including El Rosario and Chincua, where butterflies cluster on oyamel fir trees to survive winter temperatures.
• WWF-Mexico utilizes ecotourism to provide local communities with a more sustainable economic alternative to logging.
• To address the impacts of illegal deforestation, WWF has assisted in planting more than 13 million trees and operates an oyamel fir tree farm.
• The El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Reserve is a World Heritage Site spanning 138,379 acres and serves as a location for WWF to survey butterfly populations through tagging and counting.

APA

WWF International (2024). KINGDOM OF THE MONARCHS TRIP ITINERARY. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1173/5hun92ktbe_WWF_Mexico_2025_Itinerary_v4.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. KINGDOM OF THE MONARCHS TRIP ITINERARY. 2024. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1173/5hun92ktbe_WWF_Mexico_2025_Itinerary_v4.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2024kingdom, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{KINGDOM OF THE MONARCHS TRIP ITINERARY}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2024}, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1173/5hun92ktbe_WWF_Mexico_2025_Itinerary_v4.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }