In 2024, the Biodiversity Conservation in the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Gulf of Mexico (Sierra y Mar) project continued to fund priority conservation activities in 14 Protected Areas (PAs) under the leadership of the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas...
Conservation
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Mountains and Mountain Ranges (CoSMoS)
The Conservation and Sustainable Use of Mountains and Mountain Ranges (CoSMoS) project began activities in 19 Protected Areas (PAs), focusing on wildfire brigades, biodiversity monitoring, and the implementation of plans for tourism management, fire control, invasive...
Rancho El Uno (ReU)
Rancho El Uno (REU, acronym in Spanish) project carried out preventive and corrective maintenance of its roads and infrastructure, which are essential for managing its bison herd. As part of these efforts, staff members received ongoing training to strengthen their...
Cuenca de los Ojos (CLO)
Cuenca de Los Ojos, (CLO, acronym in Spanish) project, which manages nine ranches spanning nearly 50,000 hectares, continued its efforts to conserve grasslands and priority ecosystems. In 2024, its focus was on environmental...
Coastal Lands Fund
The Coastal Lands Fund continued protecting priority coastal landscapes to safeguard their ecological integrity in northwestern Mexico. Organizations including Costasalvaje, Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá, Pronatura Noroeste, and Terra Peninsular conducted...
Gulf of California Fund
The Gulf of California Fund (FGC, acronym in Spanish) financed nine local organizations selected through the 2024 call for proposals to implement activities in sustainable fisheries management, the strengthening of community-based ecotourism enterprises, artisanal...
Mesoamerican Reef Conservation
Since 2015, the Mesoamerican Reef Conservation project has supported 40 subprojects to strengthen local communities in marine Protected Areas (PAs) in this region. These subprojects focus on monitoring, coral reef restoration, best practices in tourism, solid and...
Sustainable Financing for New Protected Areas (FINANP)
Sustainable Financing for New Protected Areas (FINANP, in Spanish) project continued its work in three marine Protected Areas (PAs): the Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve, the Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve in the Baja California Peninsula, and Revillagigedo...
Monte Mojino Fund
The Monte Mojino Fund provided payments for environmental services, including matching contributions from the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR, acronym in Spanish) to the La Guásima ejido in southern Sinaloa. Thanks to this, forest owners restored and conserved...
Monarch Butterfly Fund
One of the main achievements of the Monarch Butterfly Fund, with 24 years of operation, has been reducing deforestation in the core zone of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (RBMM, acronym in Spanish). This success reflects the synergy among government agencies,...
Fire Management and Restoration Fund (FOMAFUR)
The Fire Management and Restoration Fund (FOMAFUR, in Spanish) supported nine local organizations to strengthen their capacity in fire prevention, fire management, and restoration of affected areas, in collaboration with the National Commission of Natural Protected...
Protected Areas Fund (FANP)
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...
Endangered Species Conservation Fund (FONCER)
The Endangered Species Conservation Fund (FONCER, in Spanish) supports the conservation of at-risk species and their habitats in and around Protected Areas (PAs). The Species Commission, responsible for its oversight, develops strategies to optimize the use of FONCER...
Calakmul Conservation Fund
The Calakmul Conservation Fund continued providing payments for environmental services to the ejidos (a communal land ownership system created following the Mexican Revolution) of Pustunich and Yohaltún, located in the buffer zone of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve....