Protected natural areas of Mexico

There are currently 232 Protected Natural Areas in Mexico, covering 98 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 under the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). CONANP administers:

79 Mexican National Parks 48 biosphere reserves 57 flora and fauna protection areas 28 Mexican Nature Sanctuaries 15 natural resources protection areas 5 natural monuments

History In 1988, the Congress of the Union passed LGEEPA, which provides the government's modern framework for environmental protection law. However, the law only outlined some of the protection categories, with SEMARNAT creating separate ones in cases like the Tutuaca Flora and Fauna Protection Area, which formed in 2001 as a merger between the Tutuaca National Forest Reserve and Wildlife Refuge Zone.

CONANP presidents

2001–2010: Ernesto Enkerlin 7 October 2024–:

See also Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad

References

External links CONANP web site (Spanish) ÁREAS NATURALES PROTEGIDAS DECRETADAS (Spanish)