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Protected Areas in Mexico

National Parks (Parques Nacionales)

Name Province IUCN Size (ha) Estab. Eco Region
Arrecife Alacranes Yucatán II 333,768 1994 Yucatán Dry Forest
Arrecifes de Cozumel Quintana Roo II 11,988 1996 Yucatán Moist Forest
Arrecifes de Puerto Morelos Quintana Roo II 9,067 1998 Yucatán Moist Forest
Arrecifes de Xcalak Quintana Roo II 17,949 2000 Yucatán Moist Forest
Bahía de Loreto S. Baja California II 206,581 1996 Baja California Dry Forest-Mexico
Bahías de Huatulco Oaxaca II 11,891 1998 Balsas Dry Forest
Balneario Los Novillos Coahuila II 42 1940 Chihuahuan Xeric Scrub
Barranca de Cupatitzio Michoacán II 362 1938 Balsas Dry Forest/Mexican Transvolcanic Pine-Oak
Benito Juárez Oaxaca II 2,737 1937 Sierra Madre del Sur Pine-Oak Forest/Guerreran Cactus Scrub
Bosencheve Michoacán, México  II 14,008 1940 Mexican Transvolcanic Scrub/Central Mexican Grassland
Cabo Pulmo S. Baja California II 7,111 1995 San Lucas Mezquital
Cascada de Bassaseachic Chihuahua II 5,803 1981 Chiuahuan Xeric Scrub
Cañón de Río Blanco Veracruz II 55,690 1938 Pueblan Xeric Scrub/ Mexican Transvolcanis Pine-Oak Forest
Cañón de Sumidero Chiapas II 21,789 1980 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Cerro de la Estrella Federal District II 1,100 1938 Central Mexican Grasslands
Cerro de Garnica Michoacán II 968 1936 Mexican Transvolcanic Scrub/Balsas Dry Forest
Cerro de Las Companas Queretaro II 58 1937 Central Mexican Mezquital
Cofre de Perote Veracruz II 11,700 1937 Pueblan Xeric Scrub/ Mexican Transvolc. Pine-oak and Veracruz Dry Forest
Constitución de 1857 N. Baja California II 5,009 1962 Sierra Juarez Pine-Oak Forest
Costa Occidental de Isla Mujeres, Punta Cancun and Punta Nizuc Quintana Roo IV 8,673 1996 Yucatán Moist Forest
Cumbres de Ajusco Federal District II 920 1936 Central Mexican Grasslands
Cumbres de Majalca Sonora and Chihuahua II 4,772 1939 Chihuahuan Xeric Scrub/Sonoran Xeric Scrub
Cumbres de Monterrey Nuevo León II 246,500 1939 Eastern Mexican Mezquital/Mexican Interior Chaparral
Desierto del Carmen México II 529 1942 Balsas Dry Forest
Desierto de Los Leones Federal District II 1,529 1917 Central Mexican Grasslands
Dzibilchantún Yucatán V 539 1987 Yucatán Dry Forest
El Chico Hidalgo II 2,739 1982 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine - Oak
El Cimatario Queretaro II 2,448 1982 Central Mexican Mezquital
El Gogorrón San Luis Potosí II 25,000 1936 Central Mexican Pine-Oak Forest
El Potosí San Luis Potosí II 2,000 1936 Central Mexican Mezquital
El Sabinal Nuevo León II 8 1938 Eastern Mexican Mezquital
El Tepeyac Federal District 1,500 1937 Central  Mexican Grasslands
El Tepozteco Morelos II 24,000 1937 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine-Oak Forests
El Veladero Guerrero II 3,617 1980 Balsas Dry Forest
Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan Federal District 129 1936 Central  Mexican Grasslands
General. Juan Álvarez Guerrero II 528 1964 Balsas Dry Forest
Grutas de Cacahuamilpa Morelos and Guerrero II 1,600 1936 Balsas Dry Forest/Mexican Transvolcanic Pine-Oak
Histórico de Coyoacán Federal District NA 584 1938 NA
Ins. J. Maria Morelos y Pavon Michoacán II 4,325 1939 Balsas Dry Forest/Mexican Transvolcanic Pine-Oak Forest
Insurgente M. Hidalgo y Costilla México and Federal Dist. II 1,580 1936 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine-Oak Forest
Isla Contoy Quintana Roo II 5,126 1998 Yucatán Moist Forest
Isla Isabel Nayarit II 194 1980 Sinaloan Dry Forest
Iztaccíhuatl- Popocatépetl Morelos, Puebla, Mexico II 25,679 1935 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine - Oak/ Mexican Alpine Tundra
La Malinche Tlaxcala and Puebla II 45,711 1938 Mexican  Transvolcanic Pine- Oak/ Balsas Dry Forest/ Pueblan Xeric Scrub
Lago de Camécuaro Michoacan II 9.65 1941 Mexican  Transvolcanic Pine- Oak/ Balsas Dry Forest
Lagunas de Chacahua Oaxaca II 14,187 1937 Balsas Dry Forest
Lagunas de Montebello Chiapas II 6,022 1959 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Lagunas de Zempoala Morelos II 4,790 1936 Central Mexican Grasslands or MExican Transvolcanic Piine-Oak Forest
Lomas de Padierna Federal District NA 670 1938 Central Mexican Grasslands
Los Mármoles Hidalgo II 23,150 1936 Veracruz Dry Forest/ Central American Montane Forests
Los Remedios México II 400 1938 Central Mexican Mezquital
Molino de Flores Nezahualcoyotl México II 49 1937 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine - Oak Forest
Nevado de Toluca México II 46,784 1936 Central Mexican Grasslands or Mexican Transvolcanic Piine-Oak Forest
Palenque Chiapas V 1,772 1981 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Pico de Orizaba Puebla II 19,750 1937 Pueblan Xeric Scrub/Veracruz Dry and Mexican Transv. Pine- Oak Forests
Pico de Tancítaro Michoacán II 23,154 1940 Mexican transvolcanic Pine-Oak Forest/ Balsas Dry Forest
Rayón Michoacán II 25 1952 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine-Oak Forest
Sacromonte Mexico II 45 1939 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine-Oak Forest/Mexican Alpine Tundra
Sierra de San Pedro Martir Baja California II 63,000 1947 Sierra Juarez Pine-Oak Forest
Sierra de Órganos Zacatecas NA 1,124 2000 NA
Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano Veracruz II 52,239 1992 Yucatán Dry Forest
Tula Hidalgo V 99 1981 Central Mexican Mezquital
Tulum Quintana Roo V 664 1981 Yucatán Dry Forest/ Quintana Roo Wetlands
Volcán Nevado de Colima Jalisco and Colima II 9,600 1936 Jalisco Dry Forest/ Balsas Dry Forest
Xicoténcatl México II 680 1937 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine -Oak Forest
Zoquiapan y Anexas México and Puebla II 19,418 1937 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine- Oak Forest/ Mexican Alpine Tundra/ Pueblan

Areas of Faunistic and Floristic Protection
(Áreas de Protección de Flora y Fauna)
 
Cañón de Santa Elena Chihuahua IV   277,210 1994 Chihuahuan Xeric Scrub
Chan-Kin Chiapas IV   12,185 1992 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Corredor Biológico Chichináutzin Fed. Dist, México, Morel. IV   37,302 1988 Mexican Transv. Pine - Oak, Balsas Dry Forests/ Central Mex. Grasslands
Laguna de Términos Campeche IV   705,017 1994 Tehuantepec Moist F. and Yucatan Moist Forests/ Mexican Central Wetlands
Cuatrocienegas Coahuila IV   84,347 1994 Central Mexican Grasslands/ Chihuahuan Xeric Scrub
Maderas del Carmen Coahuila VI 208,381 1994 Chihuahuan Xeric Scrub
Metzabok Chiapas VI 3,368 1998 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Naha Chiapas VI 3,847 1998 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Sierra de Alamos/ Río Cuchujaqui Sonora NA 92,890 1996 Sonoran Xeric Scrub/ Sierra Madre Oriental Pine - Oak Forests
Uaymil Quintana Roo IV   89,118 1994 Yucatán Moist Forests/Quintana Roo Wetlands
Yun Balam Quintana Roo IV   154,052 1994 Central Mexican Wetlands
Valle de los Cirios Baja California NA 2,521,776 1980 Baja California Xeric Scrub-Mexico
Islas del Golfo de California Baja California, Sonora y Sinaloa NA 150,000 1978 Sonoran Xeric Scrub, Baja California Dry Forest, Sinaloan Dry Forest
Cabo San Lucas Baja California Sur NA 3,996 1973 NA
El Jabali Colima NA 5,178 1981 NA
Cascadas de Agua Azul Chiapas VI 2,580 1980 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Tutuaca Chihuahua NA 364,952 2001 NA
La Primavera Jalisco VI 30,500 1980 Sierra Madre Occidental Pine- Oak Forests/ Sinaloan Dry Oak Forests
Sierra de Quila Jalisco VI 15,192 1982 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine- Oak Forests/ Sinaloan Dry Oak Forests
Sierra La Mojonera San Luis Potosí NA 9,251 1981 NA
Sierra de Alvarez San Luis Potosí NA 16,900 1981 NA
Meseta de Cacaxtla Sinaloa NA 50,862 2000 NA

Natural Monument (Monumento Natural)
Bonampak Chiapas III 4,357 1992 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Cerro de la Silla Nuevo León III 6,039 1991 Mexican Interior Chaparral
Yagul Oaxaca NA 1,076 1999 Sierra Madre del Sur Pine- Oak Forests/ Balsas Dry Forest
Yaxchilan Chiapas III 2,621 1992 Tehuantepec Moist Forests

Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera)
 
Alto Golfo de California andDelta del Río Colorado Northern Baja California and Sonora VI 934,756 1993 Western Mexican Mezquital/ Sonoran Xeric Scrub
Archipielago de Revillagigedo Colima VI 636,685 1994 Sinaloan Dry Forest
Arrecifes de Sian Ka'an Quintana Roo VI 34, 927 1998 Quintana Roo Wetlands
Banco Chinchorro Quintana Roo VI 144,360 1996 Yucatán Moist Forest
Barranca de Metztitlan Hidalgo NA 96, 043 2000 NA
Chamela- Cuixmala Jalisco VI 13,142 1993 Jalisco Dry Forest
El Picante y Gran Desierto de Altar Sonora VI 714, 556 1993 Sonoran Xeric Scrub
Calakmul Campeche V 723,185 1989 Yucatan Moist Forests/ Tehuantepec Moist Forests
El Triunfo Chiapas I 119,177 1990 Cen. American Pine- Oak F./ Balsas Dry F./ Cen. American Montane Forests
El Vizcaino Baja California V 2,546,790 1988 Baja California Dry Forest / San Lucan Mezquital
La Michilia Durango VI 9,325 1979 Sierra Madre Occidental Pine -Oak Forests
Lacan-Tun Chiapas V 61,874 1992 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
La Encrucijada Chiapas      VI 144,868 1995 Central American Pacific Dry Forests
La Sepultura Chiapas VI 167,310 1995 Balsas Dry Forest/ Central American Pine - Oak Forests
Los Petenes Campeche V 282,858 1999 Yucatan Dry Forests
Los Tuxtlas Veracruz VI 155,122 1998 Veracruz Pine - Oak Forests/ Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Mapimí Durango, Coahuila, Chihuahua VI 342,387 2000 Chihuahuan Xeric Scrub/ Central Mexican Grasslands
Mariposa Monarca Michoacán y México I 56,259 2000 Mexican Transvolcanic Pine -Oak forests/ Central Mexican Mezquital
Montes Azules (Selva Lacandona) Chiapas VI 331,200 1978 Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Pantanos de Centla Tabasco VI 302,707 1992 Tabasco- Veracruz Savannas/ Tehuantepec Moist Forests
Ría Celestun Yucatán y Campeche IV 81,482 2000 Yucatán Dry Forests
Ría Lagartos Yucatán IV 60,347 1999 Central Mexican Wetlands
Selva El Ocote Chiapas VI 101,288 2000 Veracruz Pine-Oak Forests
Sian Ka'an Quintana Roo II 528,148 1986 Quintana Roo Wetlands/ Yucatan Moist Forests
Sierra Gorda Querétaro VI 383,567 1997 Sierra Madre Oriental Pine - Oak Forests/ Central Mexican Mezquital/ Veracruz Dry Forests/ Mexican Transvolcanic Pine- Oak Forests
Sierra de Huautla Morelos NA 59,031 1999 Balsas Dry Forests
Sierra de Manantlán Jalisco and Colima VI 139,577 1987 Jalisco Dry Forest/ Mexican Transvolcanic Pine- Oak Forests
Sierra del Abra Tanchipa San Luis Potosí NA 21,464 1994 Veracruz Dry  Forests
Sierra de la Laguna Baja California NA 112, 437 1994 San Lucan Pine- Oak/ Baja California Dry Forests
Tehuacán - Cuicatlán Oaxaca and Puebla VI 490,187 1998 Sierra Madre Del Sur Pine - Oak Forests/ Guerreran Cactus Scrub/ Balsas Dry Forests
Islas Marías Nayarit NA 641,284 2000 NA
Area of Natural Resources Protection
Ajos Bavispe Sonora NA 183,608 1936 Sonoran Xeric Scrub/ Central Mexican Grasslands

Ecoregion according to: Dinerstein, E., Olson, D. M., Graham. D. L., Webster, A. L., Primm, S. A., Bookbinder, M. P., and Ledec, G. 1995. A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean.The World Bank. 129pp.

NA: Not Available
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