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Mexico

Laws

  • Federal climate change adaptation and mitigation law. (Ley general de cambio climático) (2012)
  • General Law for Environmental Equilibrium and Protection (Ley General del Equilibrio Ecologico y la Proteccion al Ambiente, LGEEPA), (1988)
  • General Law for Sustainable Forest Development (Ley General de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable, LGDFS.
  • The Law for Sustainable Rural Development (Ley de Desarrollo Rural Sustentable, LDRS).
  • Agrarian Law (Ley Agraria) – regulates land ownership and user rights.

Policies and Plans

  • Mexico´s vision on REDD+: towards a National Strategy,
  • R-PP reddiness proposal,
  • National development plan 2007-2012,
  • National REDD strategy: Version 1.0 in construction; (ENAREDD)
  • Special Climate Change program (2009-2012),
  • National Climate Change Strategy,
  • Climate Change Strategy for Protected Areas.

Institutions

National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR) (forestry and REDD)

Ministry for Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) (Climate Change)

Ministry for Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (SAGARPA) (REDD, agreement with SEMARNAT to combat climate change)

National Ecology Institute (INE) (Climate Change and REDD research institute)

National Natural Protected Areas Commission (CONANP)

National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Populations (CDI)

National Inter-institutional Climate Change Commission (CICC) and its REDD working group (GT REDD+)

National REDD+ Technical Advisory Committee (CTC REDD+)

National Treasury (Secretaría de Hacienda)

Demographics

Population 112.34 M

Urban vs. Rural Population

Category%

Ethnic Groups

Group%

Economy

Country GDP MXN 9.85 M
Annual Per Capita Income MXN 15
Human Development Index 0.775

GCF Member States / Provinces

Campeche, Mexico

Current Forest Area 40,591 km² % of Land That Is Forest 70.1%

Chiapas, Mexico

Current Forest Area 34,328 km² % of Land That Is Forest 46.8%

Jalisco, Mexico

Current Forest Area 41,559 km² % of Land That Is Forest 53.3%

Oaxaca, Mexico

Current Forest Area 60,684 km² % of Land That Is Forest 64.7%

Quintana Roo, Mexico

Current Forest Area 35,997 km² % of Land That Is Forest 80.7%

Tabasco, Mexico

Current Forest Area 1,337 km² % of Land That Is Forest 5.4%

Yucatán, Mexico

Current Forest Area 25,475 km² % of Land That Is Forest 65.0%