- Original forest covers 3.4% of the state; few remaining natural forest areas are located in inaccessible floodprone areas
- 14% of state categorized as protected areas, but suffer high levels of illegal logging, hunting, & fire
- Increase in mangrove areas over the past 10 years due to communities’ use of wildlife conservation management units (UMAs), promoted by national Secretary of Environment & Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) & National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR)
- Significant production of crude petroleum derived from mangrove ecosystems, with cases of soil & water contamination & ecosystem disruption
- One of Mexico’s main beef providers from the 1920s-1970s; long history of banana plantations & currently houses Mexico’s largest banana exporting company
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Source
C. Stickler et al. (eds.). 2018. The State of Jurisdictional Sustainability
Publisher
Earth Innovation Institute (EII), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF)
Publication year
2018
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Geographic
México