Illegal logging is a big problem in Mexico with over 64,000 acres (26,000 hectares) being chopped down every year. This makes Mexico one of the countries that are loosing their forests at the most rapid speed.
Last week Mexicans all over the country planted over 8 million trees trying to counteract some of the destruction of the Mexican forests.

The planting was done by volunteers and even the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, planted a tree (although that sounds like a big PR stunt to me).

There were some criticism from Greenpeace because they believe that the tree planting will not solve anything and the government should do more to stop the illegal logging.
I agree with Greenpeace, but I find it positive that the Mexican government is showing positive signs of taking more care of the environment.