The San Pablo micro-watershed, as a forest protecting water sources, is a strategic zone for the municipality, which has had to find the necessary means for its protection due to a new production scenario: Avocado cultivation and its environmental consequences , such as water contamination from pesticides and fertilizers, the reduction of vegetation and forests, and the consequent loss of ecological connectivity with other micro-watersheds.
Among the main conservation actions implemented are the isolation of water recharge sites to control damage from livestock entry, reforestation with native species, and the signing of agreements between avocado growers and government institutions at all levels to reduce pressure on water resources.