Places We Work

The Nature Conservancy works with local partners across Mexico to preserve large, landscape-scale conservation areas that protect the country's extraordinary biological diversity.

Baja & The Gulf of California
The Gulf of California, formed millions of years ago by the separation of the Baja California peninsula from the mainland of Mexico, is the second most diverse marine body in the world.

Chihuahuan Desert
The 175,000 square-mile Chihuahuan Desert is the largest in North America and is home to a surprising diversity of plant and animal life.
     Project Profile:
     Cuatro Ciénegas Valley
     Janos Valley Grasslands

Gulf of Mexico Watersheds
The Gulf of Mexico's lagoons, marshes, prairies and upland forests are key habitats for migratory raptors, songbirds and waterfowl.
Project Profile:
Laguna Madre

Maya Forest
Covering the southern Yucatán Peninsula and stretching into Belize and Guatemala, the Maya Forest's more than six million acres of lowland jungle form the largest contiguous forested area in Mexico and Central America.
Project Profile:
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve

Sonoran Desert and Grasslands
Stretching across the northwest Mexican state of Sonora, this region is characterized by rugged mountains, meandering rivers, vibrant green riparian corridors, grassland prairies, volcanic regions and spectacular cactus gardens.

Southern Pacific Watersheds
Harboring some of the best remaining stands of Central American cloud forest and the last expanse of Pacific Coast tropical evergreen forest, these areas serve as a last refuge for dozens of endemic, rare and endangered species of plants and animals.
Project Profile:
El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve

Yucatán Coastal Wetlands
This concentration of coastal dunes, lagoons, mangrove swamps, seasonally flooded marshlands and lowland forest, provide a mosaic of habitats for everything from jaguars and sea turtles to monkeys and manatees.
Project Profile:
Pez Maya & the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Mesoamerican Reef