While protected natural areas (ANP) They are found in less urbanized areas such as the interior of the Republic, in our great – and chaotic – Mexico City have made efforts to Keep natural spaces that are not invaded by city life itself. But before you think of Chapultepec as the main one, you should know exactly what the definition of Protected Natural Areas.
The ANP are, According to the General Directorate of the System of Protected Natural Areas and areas of Environmental Value (Sedema), “Areas of the national territory covered by original ecosystems that have not been significantly altered by human activities and need to be preserved by their structure and function for the conservation of biodiversity and environmental services ”. Which means that in These places are animal and plants without losing their ecosystemsbut rather rescued, so it has been achieved that the city does live naturally and without invasions.
Chapultepec is an urban lung, but it is not one of the protected natural areas in the CDMX. Ferrantraite / Getty images.
Throughout the Mexican territory there are 536 Protected Natural Areas where 10 % of the world's terrestrial biodiversity lives. The most important are, according to the Sedema report, Cumbres National Park in Monterrey, Monarch butterfly biosphere reserve in Michoacán, Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park in Puebla, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, Protection Area Flora and Fauna Santa Elena Canyon in Chihuahua, Tulum National Park in Quintana Roo and National Park Loreto Bay in Baja California Sur.
Although none of Mexico City does not stand out, here we can find the 13 % of protected natural areas throughout the country, There are spaces that respect the ecosystem and behave empathic with all the inhabitants.