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

• 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