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[[File:Zona arqueologica Bonampak 01 ID ZA30 DBannasch.jpg|thumb|265px|[[Bonampak]] is an ancient [[Maya civilization|Maya]] [[archaeological site]] in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[Political divisions of Mexico|state]] of [[Chiapas]], and is a natural monument.]]
There are currently 232 '''Protected Natural Areas''' in [[Mexico]], covering 98 million hectares in total. They are protected and administered by the [[National Commission of Protected Natural Areas]] (''Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas'', or 'CONANP'), a federal agency under the [[Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources]] (SEMARNAT).<ref>{{cite web |title=Áreas Naturales Protegidas |url=https://www.gob.mx/conanp/documentos/areas-naturales-protegidas-278226 |website=www.gob.mx |publisher=[[Government of Mexico]] |date=8 October 2024}}</ref> CONANP administers:

* 79 [[Mexican National Parks]]
* 48 [[Biosphere reserves of Mexico|biosphere reserves]]
* 57 [[Flora and fauna protection areas of Mexico|flora and fauna protection areas]]
* 28 [[Mexican Nature Sanctuaries]]
* 15 [[Natural resources protection areas of Mexico|natural resources protection areas]]
* 5 [[Natural monuments of Mexico|natural monuments]]

[[File:Áreas naturales protegidas federales de México enero 2024.png|thumb|400x400px|Federal Natural Protected Areas of Mexico, January 2024]]

==History==
In 1988, the [[Congress of the Union]] passed [[LGEEPA]], which provides the government's modern framework for [[environmental protection law]]. However, the law only outlined some of the protection categories, with SEMARNAT creating separate ones in cases like the [[Tutuaca Flora and Fauna Protection Area]], which formed in 2001 as a merger between the Tutuaca National Forest Reserve and Wildlife Refuge Zone.<ref>{{cite news |title=Recategoriza la Semarnat zonas de reserva nacional |work=Mural |date=28 December 2001 |location=[[Guadalajara]] |page=9 |issn=1563-7743 |id={{ProQuest|374019601}}}}</ref>

==CONANP presidents==
{{Incomplete list|date=December 2024}}
*2001–2010: [[Ernesto Enkerlin]]
*7 October 2024–: {{ill|Pedro Álvarez Icaza Longoria|es}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pedro Álvarez Icaza toma posesión de la CONANP |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2024/10/07/politica/pedro-alvarez-icaza-toma-posesion-este-lunes-de-la-conanp-7803 |work=[[La Jornada]] |date=7 October 2024 |language=es-mx}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070127011325/http://www.conanp.gob.mx/anp/anp.php CONANP web site (Spanish)]
*[http://sig.conanp.gob.mx/website/pagsig/datos_anp.htm ÁREAS NATURALES PROTEGIDAS DECRETADAS (Spanish) ] 

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