Conservation of key species and restoration of ecosystems in the Nevado de Colima Manantlán El Corcovado corridor through social participation
Jalisco, Mexico
Objectives
This project aims to support the implementation of conservation objectives set out in the National Biodiversity Strategy of Mexico (ENBIOMEX), by developing local participation strategies to maintain a functional biological corridor with a diversity of ecosystems that are habitats for key endangered species (jaguar and green guacamaya, among others).
The project area hosts 75 nationally protected species including over a dozen endemic species, while its ecosystems provide water to over 1.5 million people in the surrounding region. In addition to Nevado de Colima National Park and Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, the study region includes the Protected National Area of Mesófilos State Forests, as well as Cerro Narigón, Presa las piedras and El Corcovado, which have no conservation category but are sites of great biological wealth. Disorganized production activities that cause damage to the environment are carried out on the site, such as land use change for agriculture and livestock purposes, which need to be addressed urgently.
The project will identify sites under greatest anthropogenic pressure and facilitate the legal designation of some project areas that are not currently under protection as ‘inter-municipal protected areas’. In addition to Nevado de Colima National Park and Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, the study region includes the Protected National Area of Mesófilos State Forests, as well as Cerro Narigón, Presa las piedras and El Corcovado, which have no conservation category but are sites of great biological wealth. The project is carried out by Reforestamos México, a prominent civil society organization on restoration in Mexico.
Implementing partners
This project is carried out by Reforestamos México