Mexico's natural monuments (or Monumentos Naturales in Spanish) are protected natural areas.
Five areas – Bonampak, Cerro de La Silla, Río Bravo del Norte, Yagul, and Yaxchilán – are designated by the Mexican federal government and are administrated by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP). Six others are designated and administered by state governments.[1]
CONANP defines Natural Monuments as areas that contain one or more natural elements, that have a unique character, aesthetic, historic, or scientific value, that require absolute protection. Sites do not need to have a variety of ecosystems to be included in this category.[2]
List of natural monuments edit
As of September 2021, there were eleven sites in Mexico designated as natural monuments.[1]
- Bernal de Horcasitas in Tamaulipas (156.77 km² km2). Designated in 1997.
- Bonampak in Chiapas (43.57 km2). Designated in 1993.
- Cerro del Muerto in Aguascalientes (58.36 km2). Designated in 2008.
- Cerro de la Silla in Nuevo Leon (60.39 km2). Designated in 1991.
- El Sótano de Las Golondrinas in San Luis Potosí (2.82 km2). Designated in 2001.
- Gruta del Cerro Coconá in Tabasco (2.85 km2). Designated in 1988.
- La Hoya de las Huahuas in San Luis Potosí (4.06 km2). Designated in 2001.
- Río Bravo del Norte Natural Monument in Coahuila (21.75 km2). Designated in 2009.
- Siete Luminarias Volcanic Region in Guanajuato (89.28 km2). Designated in 1997.
- Yagul in Oaxaca (10.76 km2). Designated in 1999.
- Yaxchilan in Chiapas (26.21 km2). Designated in 1992.
References edit
- ^ a b UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Mexico from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 2 October 2021. [1]
- ^ "CONANP's Natural Monuments page" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-02.