Flora and fauna protection areas of Mexico
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 Flora and Fauna Protection 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
- Balandra
- Cabo San Lucas
Campeche
Chiapas
Coahuila
Colima
Jalisco
Estado de México
Michoacán
Morelos
- Corredor Biológico Chichinautzin (also in Distrito Federal)
Oaxaca
San Luis Potosí
Sinaloa
Tabasco
Veracruz
- Sistema Arrecifal Lobos-Tuxpan
Yucatán
- Otoch Ma´Ax Yetel Kooh (also in Quintana Roo)
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