Mexico, Latin America & Caribbean

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Number of Protected areas

1,146

31 with management effectiveness evaluations

Polygons/Points ratio

100% Polygons

0% Points

Number of sources

For International designations 3
For National designations 1
TOTAL 4

Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial

14.49% coverage

284,801 km2 Land Area Protected

1,965,285 km2 Total Land Area

2.57% with management effectiveness evaluation

50,443.76209 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine

21.55% coverage

707,956 km2 Marine Area Protected

3,284,660 km2 Total Marine Area

0.82% with management effectiveness evaluation

27,060.13537 km2 Area Assessed

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IUCN Management categories

Management categories Count %
Ia 19 1.66
Ib 1 0.09
II 75 6.54
III 4 0.35
IV 8 0.7
VI 411 35.86
Not Reported 579 50.52
Not Applicable 49 4.28

Governance types

Name Governance type Count %
Federal or national ministry or agency 238 20.77
Not Reported 142 12.39
Sub-national ministry or agency 430 37.52
Individual landowners 336 29.32

National designations

31

Categories Count
National Park 67
Park 3
Ecological Reserve 27
Natural Monument 11
State Park 58
Protected Area 27
Natural Park 7
State Reserve 20
Sanctuary 18
Biosphere Reserve 46
Flora and Fauna Protection Area 40
Conservation Reserve 2
Ecological Conservation 93
City Park 79
Special Protection Zone 2
Voluntary Conservation Area 336
Municipal Park 28
Area Subject to Ecological Conservation 5
Ecological Preservation 4
Ecological Conservation Area 36
Ecological Conservation Zone 4
Sustainable Use Area 10
Ecological Restoration Area 4
Natural Resources Protection Area 9
Protection Zone 4
Biotic Reserve 1
Ecological Park 9
Ecological Restoration 1
Patrimonial Reserve 2
Natural protected area and ecological reserve 1
Restoration Zone 1

Regional designations

0

Categories Count

International designations

3

Categories Count
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 41
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 8
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 142