Mexican Flora and Fauna Protection Areas
Mexican Flora and Fauna Protection Areas (Áreas de Protección de Flora y Fauna in Spanish) comprise 29 protected natural areas of Mexico administrated by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, or CONANP), an agency of the federal government.
They are areas established to conform to the regulations provided by the LGEEPA and other applicable laws on places that contain habitats for which their existence depends on their preservation, transformation, and support of the species of flora and fauna .
List of Mexican Protected Flora & Fauna Areas
Baja California
- Valle de los Cirios
- Islas del Golfo de California (Islands of the Gulf of California) (also in Baja California Sur, Sonora, and Sinaloa)
Baja California Sur
Campeche
Colima
Chiapas
- Cascada de Agua Azul
- Chan-Kin
- Metzabok
- Naha
Chihuahua
- Cañón de Santa Elena
- Tutuaca
- Campo Verde
- Papigochic
Coahuila
Jalisco
- La Primavera
- Sierra de Quila
Estado de México
- Ciénegas Del Lerma
Morelos
- Corredor Biológico Chichinautzin (also in Distrito Federal)
Yucatán
- Otoch Ma´Ax Yetel Kooh (also in Quintana Roo)
- Rio Lagartos
- Dzilam Bravo
- Celestum
Quintana Roo
- Uaymil
- Yum Balam
- Bala'an Ka'ax
San Luis Potosí
- Sierra la Mojonera
- Sierra de Álvarez
Sinaloa
- Meseta De Cacaxtla
Sonora
- Sierra de Álamos-Río Cuchujaqui
- Sierra de Ajos Bavispe
Tamaulipas
- Laguna Madre and Río Bravo delta
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