Protected Areas

Mexico

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Status on Key Actions


PoWPA Key Action Implementation Progress Global Average
1.1: To establish and strengthen national and regional systems of protected areas integrated into a global network as a contribution to globally agreed goals 3 - Significant progress, nearly complete 2
1.2: To integrate protected areas into broader land- and seascapes and sectors so as to maintain ecological structure and function 2 - Activity fully underway 1
1.3: To establish and strengthen regional networks, transboundary protected areas (TBPAs) and collaboration between neighbouring protected areas across national boundaries 2 - Activity fully underway 1
1.4: To substantially improve site-based protected area planning and management 2 - Activity fully underway 2
1.5: To prevent and mitigate the negative impacts of key threats to protected areas 2 - Activity fully underway 1
2.1: To promote equity and benefit-sharing 2 - Activity fully underway 1
2.2: To enhance and secure involvement of indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders 3 - Significant progress, nearly complete 2
2.1: Progress in assessing protected area governance 2 - Activity fully underway 1
3.1: To provide an enabling policy, institutional and socio-economic environment for protected areas 2 - Activity fully underway 2
3.1: Progress in assessing the contribution of protected areas to local and national economies 2 - Activity fully underway 1
3.2: To build capacity for the planning, establishment and management of protected areas 3 - Significant progress, nearly complete 2
3.3: To develop, apply and transfer appropriate technologies for protected areas 3 - Significant progress, nearly complete 1
3.4: To ensure financial sustainability of protected areas and national and regional systems of protected areas 2 - Activity fully underway 1
3.5: To strengthen communication, education and public awareness 2 - Activity fully underway 2
4.1: To develop and adopt minimum standards and best practices for national and regional protected area systems 2 - Activity fully underway 1
4.2: To evaluate and improve the effectiveness of protected areas management 2 - Activity fully underway 1
4.3: To assess and monitor protected area status and trends 2 - Activity fully underway 1
4.4: To ensure that scientific knowledge contributes to the establishment and effectiveness of protected areas and protected area systems 2 - Activity fully underway 1
Progress in incorporating climate change aspects into protected areas 3 - Significant progress, nearly complete 1
Progress in marine protected areas 2 - Activity fully underway 1

Priority Actions

countries
1
actions
7
steps
0
timeframe
2012 - 2018
cost
-

Economic assessment of ecosystem services
2012 - 2016
Definition and management of biological corridors
2012 - 2018
Alignment of public policies to support conservation
2012 - 2018
Definition of carbon stocks in PAs
2012 - 2018
Development of management programs for all PAs with personnel and all new decrees.
2012 - 2018
Increase terrestrial and marine land coverage to reach the goals of the Strategic Plan 2011 - 2020
2012 - 2018
Financial gap analysis
2012 - 2018

LifeWeb Projects

Name Submitted Status Funding Needed Funding Secured
Estrategia para el Fortalecimiento de las Áreas Naturales Protegidas de México 07 10 2010 Partially Funded $21,545,769 USD $199,992,692.00
Mexico's climate protection initiative in the Sierra Madre Oriental ecological corridor and in Laguna Madre and Marismas Nacionales coastal lagunes 22 04 2008 Fully Funded fully funded ($1,900,350 USD) $1,900,350.00