Flora and Fauna in Federal Protected Areas of Mexico (FPAM): A sustainable vision?

Abstract

Among the goals, I can mention: a) synthesis of the characteristics about flora and fauna and b) critical analysis about the sustentability in the FPAM. The method used was sustained in the documentary material checking: archives, books, magazines, Web pages on Internet, printed statistic data consulting, digital data bases, chart interpretation, aerial photography and fieldwork in FPAM mainly 12 states of Mexico, that included the direct observation, exploratory routes, photographic interviews with members of non-governmental organizations. In this sense, the approach is multimodal or mixed since the qualitative and quantitative points of view through and they define the reach of this investigation with explanatory character. The results were: the FPAM locally protect different vegetation and fauna. The pine, holm oak or “oyamel” forest is the best presentation of vegetal association. In the fauna, the vertebrates excel, many of them are endemic and others are endangered. To conclude, we can say that 1) the FPAM keep samples of almost all the range of existing flora and fauna in Mexico and 2) the presence of naturals resources are in problems of hazard.