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Mexican Flora and Fauna Protection Areas

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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.

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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 [1].

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

  • Cabo San Lucas

    • Campeche

  • Laguna de Términos

    • Colima

  • Laguna El Jabalí

    • Chiapas

  • Cascada de Agua Azul
  • Chan-Kin
  • Metzabok
  • Naha

    • Chihuahua

  • Cañón de Santa Elena
  • Tutuaca
  • Campo Verde
  • Papigochic

    • Coahuila

  • Cuatrociénegas
  • Maderas del Carmen

    • 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

    • References

    Mexican Flora and Fauna Protection Areas Wikipedia
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