Protected Areas Fund (FANP)

In alliance with the National Commission of Protected Areas, in 2021, the Protected Areas Fund (FANP, acronym in Spanish) channeled resources to 53 Protected Areas (PAs) in order to strengthen their operations and management. This led to protecting 50% of the land territory and 25% of the sea territory declared as a PA, i.e., a total of 28 million hectares of priority ecosystems. In 2021, FMCN held workshops to support six PAs in updating their strategic planning, a method that implies identifying their needs and structuring medium-term conservation activities. In 2022, FANP will celebrate 25 years of operations, a period in which it became one of Mexico’s most successful financial mechanisms, as well as an example for other countries to follow regarding financing and operating priority PAs.