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Collection: COP16 UN Climate Conference in Cancun (All Photographers) (GP028D9)
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Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Mexico
Pristine forests in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. In 1989 the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve was decreed and it was registered in the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Program in 1993. Part of the 723 thousand hectares that conform this protected area, fall within La Montaña. Furthermore, La Montaña has been established as part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor which is a multiregional project that comprises several countries from Central America, and receives funds from the Global Environmental Facility. Coord not register.
11/28/2010
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In spite of the Mexican government reports to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that deforestation rates are rapidly decreasing, independent information from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and even from other government agencies, show this is not true. According to these studies, Mexico still looses almost half a million hectares of forests every year.
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