Protected natural areas of Mexico explained

There are currently 225 Protected Natural Areas in Mexico, covering 93.8 million hectares in total. They are protected and administered by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, or 'CONANP'), a federal agency.^[1] CONANP administers:

• 77 Mexican National Parks
• 48 biosphere reserves
• 54 flora and fauna protection areas
• 28 Mexican Nature Sanctuaries
• 13 natural resources protection areas
• 5 natural monuments

See also

• LGEEPA - Mexico's groundbreaking 1988 environmental legislation

External links

• CONANP web site (Spanish)
• ÁREAS NATURALES PROTEGIDAS DECRETADAS (Spanish)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas . 23 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070127011325/http://www.conanp.gob.mx/anp/anp.php . 2007-01-27 . 27 January 2007.