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Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Flamingos on Isla Holbox
Map showing the location of Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam
Map showing the location of Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam
Location in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Map showing the location of Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam
Map showing the location of Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam
Yum Balam (Quintana Roo)
LocationLázaro Cárdenas and Isla Mujeres Municipalities, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Coordinates21°28′N 87°19′W / 21.467°N 87.317°W / 21.467; -87.317[2]
Area1,540.52 km2 (594.80 sq mi)[1]
Established6 June 1994 (1994-06-06)
Governing bodyNational Commission of Protected Natural Areas
Ramsar Wetland
Official nameÁrea de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam
Designated2 February 2004
Reference no.1360[2]

Yum Balam Flora and Fauna Protection Area (Spanish: Área de protección de flora y fauna Yum Balam) is a Mexican Flora and Fauna Protection Area located in the state of Quintana Roo in southeastern Mexico. Established in 1994, the nature reserve was the first protected area in Mexico to be created at the request of local communities. The reserve includes wetlands along the north shore of the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent Isla Holbox and has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2004.

  1. ^ a b "Yum Balam". Protected Planet. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

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