ASiAn invASion wElcomEd - ProMéxico
ASiAn invASion wElcomEd - ProMéxico
ASiAn invASion wElcomEd - ProMéxico
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The Lifestyle briefs<br />
ecology<br />
Montebello,<br />
Global Network<br />
of Natural<br />
Reserves<br />
Lagunas de Montebello National Park in<br />
Chiapas is now part of the United Nations<br />
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s<br />
(UNESCO) global network of biosphere<br />
reserves.<br />
Mexico is the country in Latin America<br />
and the Caribbean with the largest number<br />
of protected areas registered by UNESCO<br />
(37 total) and it is fourth on the list worldwide,<br />
only behind the United States, Russia<br />
and Spain. To date, the global network has<br />
553 reserves registered in 106 countries.<br />
For UNESCO, the national park’s importance<br />
is found in its location: a hydrographic<br />
basin of great biodiversity that unites Chiapas’<br />
Central High Plateau with the Gulf of Mexico’s<br />
coastal plain. Everything found in this area,<br />
from the lakes to the landscape, turn Montebello<br />
into a zone essential for the conservation<br />
of hydric resources and climate regulation. Also,<br />
local communities take part in agricultural activities<br />
that help take care of the environment.<br />
Some of the 36 natural areas in Mexico<br />
already in the global network of biosphere reserves<br />
include: Montes Azules, in Chiapas; Islas<br />
del Golfo de California (also known as the<br />
Sea of Cortes, located between the Baja California<br />
peninsula and Sonora and Sinaloa); El<br />
Cielo, in Tamaulipas; Sierra de Manantlán, in<br />
Jalisco; and Cuatrociénegas, in Coahuila.<br />
portal.unesco.org<br />
photos courtesy of israel cárdenas
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