List of biosphere reserves in Mexico

Mexico's Biosphere Reserves (or "Reservas de la Biosfera" in Spanish) are federally-recognized protected areas in Mexico that are administrated by the federal National Commission of Protected Natural Areas ("Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas", or CONANP).

They are areas representative of one or more ecosystems unaltered by human activity, or that require preservation and restoration, in which species representative of the national biodiversity live, including those in danger of extinction [http://www.conanp.gob.mx/anp/rb.php] .

List of Biosphere Reserves

Baja California

* Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado (also in Sonora)(1993)
* Isla Guadalupe
* Islas del Golfo de California (1995)

Baja California Sur

* El Vizcaíno (1993)
* Complejo Lagunar Ojo de Liebre
* Sierra La Laguna (2003)

Campeche

* Calakmul (1993)
* Los Petenes

Chiapas

* Selva El Ocote (2006)
* La Encrucijada (2006)
* Lacan-tun
* Montes Azules (1979)
* La Sepultura (2006)
* El Triunfo
* Volcán Tacaná (2006)

Coahuila

* Cuatrociénegas (2006)
* Maderas del Carmen (2006)

Colima

* Archipiélago de Revillagigedo

Durango

* Mapimí (also in Chihuahua and Coahuila) (1977)
* La Michilía

Hidalgo

* Barranca de Metztitlán (2006)

Jalisco

* Chamela-Cuixmala (2006)
* Sierra de Manantlán (also in Colima) (1988)
* La Primavera (2006)

Michoacan

* Mariposa Monarca (also in Estado de Mexico) (2006)

Morelos

* Sierra de Huautla (2006)

Nayarit

* Islas Marías

Nuevo León

* Cumbres de Monterrey (2006)

Oaxaca

* Tehuacan-Cuicatlán (also in Puebla)
* Huatulco (2006)

Querétero

* Sierra Gorda (2001)

Quintana Roo

* Arrecifes de Sian Ka'an
* Banco Chinchorro (2003)
* Sian Ka'an (1986)

an Luis Potosí

* Sierra de Abra Tanchipa

onora

* El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar
* Isla San Pedro Mártir

Tabasco

* Pantanos de Centla (2006)

Tamaulipas

* Laguna Madre (2006)
* Río Bravo Delta (2006)
* El Cielo (1986)

Veracruz

* Los Tuxtlas (1998)
* Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (2006)

Yucatán

* Arrecife Alacranes (2006)
* Ría Celestún (also in Campeche)
* Ría Lagartos
* El Triunfo (1993)
* Río Celestún (2004)
*Río Lagartos (2004)

References

* [http://www.economia-dgm.gob.mx/ecologia/lista_ecolog.htm Reservas de la Biosfera (Spanish)]

ee also

* World Network of Biosphere Reserves
* List of environment topics
* List of national parks of Mexico