00:01Honduras stands out in Central America for its extensive forest.
00:06To preserve this, the country has implemented reforestation programs and protected mountainous areas.
00:12In our Honduras on the move series, special correspondent Roberto Gopresa reports on a forest protection initiative led by the Mountain Command,
00:21a brigade of the Honduran army which also protects wildlife. Let's see.
00:25Honduras has a significant forested territory that preserves a rich biodiversity.
00:33The preservation of this green expanse requires care, protection, and permanent reforestation.
00:39Within the army, there is a brigade created for that mission.
00:46Currently, the Forest Protection Command has 163 forest protection detachments nationwide.
00:55Within which there is a detachment of soldiers who carry out patrol activities to identify possible environmental crimes
01:02and proceed legally against those who engage in committing these types of offenses.
01:13The forest protectors set up checkpoints on the roads to stop the trafficking of wood.
01:18It is also part of the functions assigned to these forest protection detachments to carry out patrols,
01:42establish checkpoints, and conduct reconnaissance in which areas damaged by environmental crimes can be identified.
01:54To ensure that the damage caused by humans, pests, or forest fires does not have a drastic impact,
02:01the command maintains a permanent reforestation program.
02:04Carla Castillo, a forestry engineer, is in charge of it.
02:08For this year, specifically 2025, we have restored up to now 1,825,000 plants,
02:17which is equivalent to approximately 1,800 hectares.
02:21Last year, in 2024, we reforested 2,800,000 plants.
02:26Each year, at a strategic level, production goals and forest restoration goals are set for us nationwide.
02:32In the reforestation and monitoring campaigns, the community is involved to raise public awareness.
02:45Training programs are carried out with schools, communities, and public institutions.
02:50We always maintain, in this case, that connection with different institutions,
02:56where they are also guided and trained on various topics, including the fight against forest fires,
03:01as well as training on environmental protection, and micro-watersheds.
03:05But here, it is not only the home that is cared for, its inhabitants are also protected.
03:16These birds and felines are the result of operations carried out by the command to combat illegal hunting,
03:22wildlife trafficking, and the captivity of wild animals.
03:26Here, they are fed, rehabilitated, and prepared to return to their normal life in their natural environment,
03:32and after a process, they are released.
03:37We look for protected wilderness areas, because those are the areas with less human contact.
03:43So, depending on where the species comes from, that is the area it will return to,
03:48because it is the climate to which it has adapted.
03:50The main enemy of wildlife and vegetation are the voracious fires,
03:59which every summer consume mountains and human lives such as those of four soldiers from the Mountain Command,
04:05and five civilians who were trapped by the flames in 2008.
04:09In their memory, this monument stands at the summit of a pair.
04:12According to journalistic reports, more than 2,300 hectares of forest have been consumed by flames throughout this year.
04:25An alarming figure, that is why the authorities, together with the communities,
04:29are making every possible effort to stop this environmental deterioration.
04:34I bid farewell from Honduras, not without first extending a cordial invitation for you to write to us on the social networks appearing on your screen.
04:42This is Honduras en Movimiento.
04:47Será.
04:48Hasta la próxima.
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