Natural resources protection areas of Mexico explained

Mexico's Natural resources protection areas (or Áreas de Protección de Recursos Naturales in Spanish) are nine federally-recognized protected areas in Mexico that are administrated by the federal National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, or CONANP).[1]

They are critical natural resources that are preserved and protected, such as water sources and important forest areas.[2]

List of natural resources protection areas

The nine areas are:

Notes and References

  1. UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Mexico from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 6 September 2021. https://www.protectedplanet.net/en/country/MEX
  2. Web site: Areas de Proteccion de los Recursos Naturales . January 27, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061113135017/http://www.conanp.gob.mx/anp/aprn.php . November 13, 2006 .