| Maderas del Carmen | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1] | |
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| Coordinates | 29°06′30.8″N 102°38′04.9″W / 29.108556°N 102.634694°W |
| Area | 208,381 ha (804.56 sq mi) |
| Designation | Flora and fauna protection area and biosphere reserve |
| Designated | 1994 (flora and fauna protection area) and 2006 (biosphere reserve) |
| Administrator | National Commission of Natural Protected Areas |
Maderas del Carmen is a biosphere reserve in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila.
Maderas del Carmen encompasses part of the Sierra del Carmen, a northern finger of the Sierra Madre Oriental range. The reserve includes both dry Chihuahuan Desert shrublands and forested sky island, high-elevation enclaves of Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forest. The reserve is home to 400 bird species and 70 mammal species, including the American black bear (Ursus americanus), collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), and cougar (Puma concolor).
The region was designated a biosphere reserve in 2006. It is located in the municipalities of Ocampo, Ciudad Acuña, and Múzquiz.[2]
- ^ UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Maderas del Carmen from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 5 September 2021. [1]
- ^ Government of Coahuila