The Quintana Roo State Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas (Ibanqroo) announced that another state-protected area will be established before the end of the year; however, it will continue working to strengthen the 10 existing protected areas.
“We have 10 protected areas in the state, and no, we are not currently planning any new state-protected areas. The existing areas were transferred by the previous administration, under (former President) Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to some of these projects to make them federal,”
stated Javier Carballar Osorio, the agency’s director general.
To this end, the state government received international funding, as well as federal and state funding, to strengthen its work in protected areas, in conjunction with the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (Conanp), the official added.
He explained that resources were obtained to strengthen efforts in several protected natural areas of the state, such as the Chacmuchuch Lagoon in the north, Xcacel-Xcacelito in the central region, and Chetumal Bay in the south:
“Things are being done in all the areas. This one is particularly important because it is the largest in the entire Chetumal Bay area. All protected areas have a sub-council, and various stakeholders participate in it, such as ejido members (since many ejidos are part of the area), business owners, NGOs, academics, and so on. We are currently updating these meetings with all the protected areas that are required to have their councils.”
He also clarified that the first ordinary session for the Bacalar Protected Natural Area sub-council was held last week, where the next steps for the site will be defined.
In fact, Carballar Osorio commented that all protected areas have their councils, in which citizens and authorities, among other sectors, participate, to conserve these areas that have biological importance for Quintana Roo.
Source: sipse
