The Protected Areas Fund (FANP, acronym in Spanish) in collaboration with the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP, acronym in Spanish), local communities, grassroots organizations, and more than 25 donors, has become a leading conservation mechanism for natural resources and ecosystem services in Mexico, 27 years after its creation. In 2024, FANP supported strategic planning in seven Protected Areas (PA)s and channeled resources from the emergency fund to assist community brigades in responding to 33 wildfires and other environmental emergencies, in coordination with the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR, acronym in Spanish). It also launched the 2025 call for proposals of the Protected Areas Learning Community (CAAP, acronym in Spanish), which funds knowledge exchanges among key conservation stakeholders and promotes sustainability approaches with a landscape perspective. With 28 years of operation, FANP has provided funding to 70 terrestrial and marine PAs, covering 54% of the country’s decreed terrestrial area and 34% of the marine territory.