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Laboratorio de Restauración Ecológica, UNAM

Chinampa Refuges: Aztec Farm Islands Turned Axolotl Sanctuaries

Food & Farming

Mexico City's last Aztec-era floating farms are being rebuilt as clean-water refuges for the axolotl — and the farmers who maintain them are the conservation strategy.

36chinampasChinampas restored as axolotl refuges
6,000axolotls per km2Wild axolotl density in Xochimilco, 1996
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