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Mexico on Track to Protect 30% of Its Marine Area by 2030

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  • Susana Perera-Valderrama

    (National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), Liga Periférico—Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14010, Mexico)

  • Laura Olivia Rosique-de la Cruz

    (National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), Liga Periférico—Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14010, Mexico)

  • Hansel Caballero-Aragón

    (National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), Liga Periférico—Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14010, Mexico)

  • Sergio Cerdeira-Estrada

    (National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), Liga Periférico—Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14010, Mexico)

  • Raúl Martell-Dubois

    (National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), Liga Periférico—Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14010, Mexico)

  • Rainer Ressl

    (National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), Liga Periférico—Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14010, Mexico)

Abstract

Mexico has committed to protecting 30% of its marine territory by 2030 to comply with Target 3 of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted during the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. In this paper, we demonstrate the feasibility of meeting this commitment by determining the marine extent of conservation measures based on legally established Marine Protected Areas and areas that meet the criteria to be considered as Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) and determining the marine extent of areas proposed in various conservation planning exercises that can be created as any of the area-based instruments that exist in Mexico. The total coverage of existing and proposed areas was calculated by merging the dataset to remove duplicates and dissolving the boundaries between polygons to determine the total area. Spatial analysis was carried out in ArcGIS using geoprocessing tools. Currently, more than 25% of Mexico’s marine area is legally protected or conserved, with federal marine protected areas covering more than 22% of the Exclusive Economic Zone. The legally established areas that can be considered OECMs cover about 3% of the marine territory. We found that more than 9% of Mexico’s Economic Exclusive Zone contains areas of high conservation importance that are not covered by any area-based instrument. This study shows that Mexico has the potential to protect or conserve 32.8% of its marine territory by 2030.

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  • Susana Perera-Valderrama & Laura Olivia Rosique-de la Cruz & Hansel Caballero-Aragón & Sergio Cerdeira-Estrada & Raúl Martell-Dubois & Rainer Ressl, 2023. "Mexico on Track to Protect 30% of Its Marine Area by 2030," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-21, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:19:p:14101-:d:1246136
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