As a result, these forests, which were the water towers, were no longer able to contain the water, so when
the rains fell the water ran downstream and ended up in the lakes and oceans instead of going down into
the underground reservoir so that it could come back to us in the form of rivers. One thing we noted is
that not only did the rain patterns change, became less, but also the rivers started drying up. We lost our
local biological diversity. So that’s a lot of damage to our environment,
That is why in 1975, at the very first United Nations Conference ‘for women Mexico, many of the
Women were saying, “We need food, we need water, we need clean drinking water, we need fodder for
our animals.” And I was wondering, has happened? These are things that were there twenty years ago
when I was a child. The environment had changed; and that’s when I started this campaign to restore the
vegetation and to restore the land and to rehabilitate the forest.
(Environment)
Now, answer the following questions.
1) What were the water towers?
2) What happens when the rains fall?
Answer:
1. the forests were the water towers.
2.when the rain falls the water ran downstream and ended up in the lakes and oceans.