Comprehensive Island Restoration in Mexico
Mexico
The Mexican islands, home to one-third of the world’s seabird species, have long suffered the negative impacts of invasive species.
The initiative aims to restore more than 100,000 hectares of island habitat by the decade’s end, protecting over 300 endemic species of mammals, birds, reptiles and birds. An enduring relationship with local communities ensures their involvement in the initiative and their benefits: enhanced resilience facing extreme weather events, sustainable fisheries, and ecotourism.
The initiative in numbers
60,000
Hectares under restoration
107,088
Hectares to be restored by 2030
“Across Mexico's precious islands, tangible restoration actions and results are breathing new life into vital ecosystems, directly bolstering rich insular and marine biodiversity of global relevance, saving species, and weaving firm threads into the livelihoods of local communities.”
Dr. Marina Robles García, Undersecretary of Biodiversity and Environmental Restoration, Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)
Leading organizations
- Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)
- National Commission for National Protected Areas (CONANP)
- National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO)
- National Forestry Commission of Mexico (CONAFOR)
- Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR)
- Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas - GECI