Illegal logging in Mexico monarch butterfly reserve falls 40 pct.

Illegal logging inside Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve declined by 40 percent in 2015-2016, conservation group WWF said Tuesday.

In the core of the reserve, which comprises forests in the central state of Mexico and neighboring Michoacan, illegal logging extended to 11.92 hectares (29.43 acres), a significant reduction from the 19.9 hectares registered in the 2014-2015 season.

Source: EFE