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La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biósfera La Encrucijada) (established 2006) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve situated in the Pacific Coastal Lowlands physiographic region of Mexico.
Selva tropical de la Biosfera de rio plátano. The major ecosystems include mangrove and freshwater swamps and marshes, sedge prairie, pine savanna, and gallery forest. There is a diverse amount of flora, estimated at over 2,000 species of vascular plants, [4] although little has been written about it because many species are new or undiscovered.
Ría Celestun Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún) is a biosphere reserve in Mexico. It is located on the northwestern Yucatán Peninsula in the states of Yucatán and Campeche. The reserve is home to extensive mangrove wetlands, and rich in birds and other wildlife.
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar) is a biosphere reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] managed by the federal government of Mexico, specifically by Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the state governments of Sonora and the Tohono O'odham.
In 1986, poet and founder of the Group of 100 Homero Aridjis convinced President Miguel de la Madrid to give the overwintering sites special protection, and the resulting presidential decree, published October 9, 1986, designated Sierra Chincua, Sierra El Campanario, Cerro Chivatí-Huacal, Cerro Pelón and Cerro Altamirano as protected areas ...
Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biósfera Ría Lagartos) (established 2004) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the state of Yucatán, Mexico.The reserve is located at the eastern end of the coastal strip of the Yucatán Peninsula, with the Gulf of Mexico at its northern limit.
The Janos Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera de Janos) is a nature reserve in Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico.It protects a prairie ecosystem best known for its recovering and reintroduced species most notably the herd of American bison (Bison bison) which became the first re-established in Mexico.
The reserve also contains the Serranía de la Neblina and Parima Tapirapecó national parks. [4] The lowest land is in the Casiquiare canal plateau and the highest is on the Cerro Marahuaca in the northeast. [1] Altitudes range from 100 to 3,000 metres (330 to 9,840 ft) above sea level.