Causes: Animals, Environment, Forest Conservation, Wildlife Preservation & Protection, Wildlife Sanctuaries

Mission: Forests for Monarchs protects the monarch butterfly and other endemic species by reforesting the land surrounding the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, and to promote sustainable forest management among the local landowners for their economic benefit and forest conservation.

Results: Forests for Monarchs, a program of La Cruz Habitat Protection Project, has distributed more than 6,000,000 native trees to reforest the degraded lands within the overwintering habitat of the monarch butterfly in South-Central Mexico.

Target demographics: Protect the migratory monarch butterfly by reforesting its overwintering sites in South Central, Mexico.

Geographic areas served: Within the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.