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.[1]
List of Mexican Flora and Fauna Protection Areas
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Baja California
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- 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
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Campeche
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Chiapas
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- Cascada de Agua Azul
- Chan-Kin
- Metzabok
- Nahá
Chihuahua
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- Campo Verde
- Cañón de Santa Elena
- Cerro Mohinora
- Médanos de Samalayuca
- Papigochic
- Tutuaca
Coahuila
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- Cuatrociénegas
- Maderas del Carmen
- Ocampo
Colima
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Jalisco
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- La Primavera
- Sierra de Quila
Estado de México
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- Ciénegas del Lerma
- Nevado de Toluca
Michoacán
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Morelos
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- Corredor Biológico Chichinautzin (also in Distrito Federal)
Oaxaca
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Quintana Roo
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- Bala'an Ka'ax
- Cozumel
- Manglares de Nichupté
- Uaymil
- Yum Balam
San Luis Potosí
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- Sierra La Mojonera
- Sierra de Álvarez
Sinaloa
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Sonora
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- Sierra de Álamos-Río Cuchujaqui
- Bavispe
Tabasco
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Tamaulipas
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- Laguna Madre and Río Bravo Delta
- Sierra de Tamaulipas
Veracruz
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- Sistema Arrecifal Lobos-Tuxpan
Yucatán
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- Otoch Ma´Ax Yetel Kooh (also in Quintana Roo)
References
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- ^ "Areas de Proteccion de Flora y Fauna". Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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