The forests of Mexico cover a surface area of about 64 million hectares, or 34.5% of the country.[1] These forests are categorized by the type of tree and biome: tropical forests, temperate forests, cloud forests, riparian forests, deciduous, evergreen, dry, moist, etc.. The agency in charge of Mexico's forests is the National Forestry Commission (Comisión Nacional Forestal). Despite major reforms to the Constitution in 1992 regarding private land, Mexico enacted major forest regulation laws in 1998 and 2003.[2] Though no longer required to enforce land regulation in Mexico, Article 27 of the Constitution also still permits the Government to enact land regulation.[3]
^John C. Hendee; Chad P. Dawson; Wenonah F. Sharpe (2012). Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources: Eighth Edition. Waveland Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-4786-0895-0.
^Cite error: The named reference nationalforest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Mexican Constitution, Articles 3, 27, 123 and 130". Mexico History Documents. 2005. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
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