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Mexico recognizes 67 federally protected natural areas as national parks (Spanish: Parques Nacionales), which are administered by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP), a branch of the federal Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources.
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). [ 1 ]
The United Mexican States, [1] commonly known as Mexico, is a federal constitutional republic located in North America. [2] It is bound on the north by the United States ; on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean ; on the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the Caribbean Sea ; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico .
Lagunas de Montebello, or Montebello Lakes, (Spanish: Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello) is a national park in the Mexican state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, comprising 59 multi-colored lakes in a pine forest [3] [4] and two Maya ruins.
Los Remedios National Park is a national park in Mexico, located in the far west of the municipality of Naucalpan in Mexico State, just northwest of Mexico City.The park was established by federal decree in 1938 with an area of 400 hectares (990 acres). [2]
With the explosion in declared protected areas (now covering 33% of Mexico) and next year's budget cuts, CONANP funding averages 10.6 pesos per hectare (just under 2.5 acres) of protected area.
The parks extends over 2,700 hectares of land, [5] and is located southwest of Mexico City, near the silversmithing town of Taxco. [3] This is the best known cave system in Mexico, and popular for caving. [4] [6] The park is visited by about 350,000 people annually, generating an income of about 8 million pesos each year. [7]
The Nevado de Toluca National Park is located southwest of the city of Toluca, Mexico State. It was decreed a park in 1936, primarily to protect the Nevado de Toluca volcano, which forms nearly the park's entire surface and is the fourth highest peak in Mexico. It is 45 km from Toluca and 135 from Mexico City. [1]