Mexican_Natural_Monuments

Natural monuments of Mexico

Natural monuments of Mexico

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Mexico's natural monuments (or Monumentos Naturales in Spanish) are protected natural areas.

Five areas – Bonampak, Cerro de La Silla, Río Bravo del Norte, Yagul, and Yaxchilán – are designated by the Mexican federal government and are administrated by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP). Six others are designated and administered by state governments.[1]

CONANP defines Natural Monuments as areas that contain one or more natural elements, that have a unique character, aesthetic, historic, or scientific value, that require absolute protection. Sites do not need to have a variety of ecosystems to be included in this category.[2]

List of natural monuments

As of September 2021, there were eleven sites in Mexico designated as natural monuments.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Mexico from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 2 October 2021.
  2. [2]
    "CONANP's Natural Monuments page" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-02.
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