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"Mexico Announces 13 New Protected Areas, With More To Come" [1]

"Mexico introduced six new national parks and seven flora and fauna protection areas covering 17,918 hectares (44,276 acres) to be overseen by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (Conanp).

The protected areas are located in the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Oaxaca and Guerrero.

Mexico now has 200 federally protected areas."

Maxwell Radwin reports for Mongabay August 18, 2023. [2]

 

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Source: Mongabay [2], 08/21/2023
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mexico-announces-13-new-protected-areas-more-come [2] https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/mexico-announces-13-new-protected-areas-with-more-to-come/ [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/mexico [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81