Overview

• State figures show growth from 72,418 hectares in 2021 to over 231,343 hectares in 2025 under new designations.
• Authorities recently certified Voluntary Conservation Areas for five indigenous communities north of Lake Pátzcuaro, covering about 8,200 hectares.
• Restoration in the lake’s basin involves local residents through the Programa de Empleo Temporal with reforestation, soil repair and gabion dam works.
• The administration cites biological corridors in strategic zones and surveillance reinforced with satellite technology to improve protection.
• Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla reiterates a target of more than 500,000 hectares with support from President Claudia Sheinbaum and CONANP.