Chiapas


The Nature Conservancy works in partnership with Mexico's conservationists to save its rich natural heritage.


Places We Protect

Isla Espiritu Santo

The Baja Peninsula and Gulf of California boast some of the most unique marine and terrestrial environments in the world.
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The Chiapas cloud forests in southern Mexico contain cycads, an ancient and rare tropical flowering plant that are estimated to be at least 2,500 years old.

 

Featured Stories

Prescribed burns in the Sonoran Desert, Mexico.

Restoring grasslands through prescribed burns.

Bison in Mexico.
Bison Come Home to Mexico (vea también en español)

Ocampo Protected Area Benefits Chihuahuan Desert Borderlands


News

Landmark Study Shows Value of Mexico's Public Protected Areas

New Marine Protected Areas Declared in Mexico.

Multimedia

See video of Ann Snook
See Ann Snook, Maya Forest Conservation Practitioner with The Nature Conservancy, talk about our work at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.

See video of Diana Bermudez
See a video of Diana Bermúdez, Pacific Coast Conservation Officer with The Nature Conservancy, talking about our work in the Baja and Gulf of California region.

See a video from Arizona Public Media about our work in the Sea of Cortez.

 

Did You Know?

Cloud Forest, Chiapas, Mexico

People and nature from Mexico's reefs to Andean forests are finding ways to adapt to climate change.


Jaguar © Al Brock
The Nature Conservancy is helping save the northern jaguar in Sonora, Mexico.


There are many ways your support can help the Conservancy protect Mexico's natural heritage.

 

 

Photo credits (top to bottom, left to right): Chiapas, Mexico © Mark Godfrey; Isla Espiritu Santo, looking west © Bill Evarts; cloud forest, Chiapas, Mexico © Joe Keenan/TNC.