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Figure 2
Mexican states containing FSC-certified forestry operations
Campeche
Chiapas
Chihuahua
Durango
Guerrero
Hidalgo
Michoacan
Oaxaca
Queretaro
Quintana Roo
Source: Alatorre 2003
Durango is the state with the most certified forest area, at 276,741 hectares and 21
forestry operations. Next is Chihuahua with 209,495 hectares and Oaxaca with 79,960
hectares. With the exception of Quintana Roo, which is made up of rainforests, all of
the country’s certified forests are temperate coniferous or oak-dominated forests.
A large increase in number of evaluated and certified operations occurred between
1998 and 2002. This increase coincides with the demand for certification by the forest
industry in Durango and the introduction of government assistance and subsidies for
certification, first through PROCYMAF and subsequently through PRODEFOR (see
Figure 2).
Figure 3 Number of assessed forest management operation sites in Mexico (1994-2003)
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1994
7
1995
7
1996
8
1997
14
1998
23
1999
34
2000
43
2001
58
2002
68
2003
73
Source: Alatorre 2003
yale school of forestry & environmental studies