Conservation of Mexican wetlands: role of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act
Wildlife Society Bulletin
By: M.H. Wilson and D.A. Ryan
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Abstract
Mexico's wetlands support a tremendous biological diversity and provide significant natural resource benefits to local communities. Because they are also critical stopover and wintering grounds for much of North America's waterfowl and other migratory birds, Mexico has become an important participant in continental efforts to conserve these resources through the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Funding from the Act has supported partnerships in a number of Mexico's priority wetlands to conduct data analyses and dissemination, mapping, environmental education, wetland restoration, development of sustainable economic alternatives for local people, and reserve planning and management. These partnerships, with the close involvement of Mexico's Federal Government authority, the Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, have advanced conservation in a uniquely Mexican model that differs from that employed in the United States and Canada.
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Wilson, M., Ryan, D., 1997, Conservation of Mexican wetlands: role of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act: Wildlife Society Bulletin, v. 25, no. 1, p. 57-64.
ISSN: 1938-5463 (online)
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Conservation of Mexican wetlands: role of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act |
| Series title | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 57-64 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
| First page | 57 |
| Last page | 64 |