Mexico, Latin America & Caribbean
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Number of Protected areas
1,150
31
with management effectiveness evaluationsPolygons/Points ratio
100%
Polygons0%
PointsNumber of sources
For International designations | 3 |
For National designations | 1 |
TOTAL | 4 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
14.0%
coverage284,178 km2
Land Area Protected1,965,285 km2
Total Land Area18.0%
with management effectiveness evaluation50,444.0 km2
Area Assessed
Area marine
22.0%
coverage707,851 km2
Marine Area Protected3,284,660 km2
Total Marine Area4.0%
with management effectiveness evaluation27,060.0 km2
Area AssessedWarning: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory.
IUCN Management categories
Management categories | Count | % |
---|---|---|
Ia | 20 | 1.74 |
Ib | 1 | 0.09 |
II | 74 | 6.43 |
III | 4 | 0.35 |
IV | 7 | 0.61 |
VI | 416 | 36.17 |
Not Reported | 579 | 50.35 |
Not Applicable | 49 | 4.26 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 234 | 20.35 | |
Not Reported | 144 | 12.52 | |
Collaborative governance | 2 | 0.17 | |
Sub-national ministry or agency | 430 | 37.39 | |
Individual landowners | 340 | 29.57 |
National designations
31
Regional designations
0
Categories | Count |
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International designations
3