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Chiapas © legadoverde

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In Southeastern Mexico, the Maya Forest is recognized as the America’s second-largest tropical forest after the Amazon. Encompassing the three states of the Yucatan Peninsula, the steamy tropical jungle famed for Mayan culture harbors iconic wildlife like the jaguar, puma, scarlet macaw. The Mayan forest also is home to vibrant indigenous Mayan communities who continue to practice ancestral farming practices .

In Southwestern Mexico, the Mesoamerican Forest Corridor is recognized as a biodiversity hotspot with diverse forest ecosystems and the America’s northernmost tropical cloudforest. In Chiapas, these forests also produce 30% of the country’s freshwater and sustain the more than 10 indigenous groups.

We are working to restore these forests which lose hundreds of thousands of acres yearly due to deforestation.  

Yucatan Peninsula
The Maya Forest is recognized as the America’s second-largest tropical forest after the Amazon.
Yucatan Peninsula
The Mayan forest also is home to vibrant indigenous Mayan communities who continue to practice ancestral farming practices such as the Mayan Milpa (a corn, bean squash agro-system)
Chiapas
In Chiapas, these forests also produce 30% of the country’s freshwater and sustain the more than 10 indigenous groups.
Chiapas
These forests are inhabited by jaguars, the resplendent quetzal and the horned guan bird, known as the unicorn of the cloud forest.
Yucatan Peninsula
Each year, the Peninusla loses 80,000 hectares of tropical forest, the size of San Diego, California, is lost due to extensive cattle raching and extensive agricultural practices.

Planting Trees Across Latin America Explore the map by clicking on locations to learn more about our planting sites.

Selva Maya El denso bosque tropical de tierras bajas rodea el antiguo sitio Maya, Calakmul, ubicado en la Reserva de la Biosfera Calakmul (Reserva de la Biosfera Calakmul). © Mark Godfrey/TNC
Sierra Madre Watershed A river flows west off the Sierra Madre watershed through the agricultural community of Vienes Comunales San Antonio towards Pijijiapan and the Pacific ocean; Chiapas, Mexico. © Mark Godfrey
Clouds envelop the forest Clouds envelop the forest of the Sierra Madre watershed and Reserva de la Biosfera La Sepultura near Tres Picos and Pijijiapan; Chiapas, Mexico. © Mark Godfrey/TNC
× Selva Maya El denso bosque tropical de tierras bajas rodea el antiguo sitio Maya, Calakmul, ubicado en la Reserva de la Biosfera Calakmul (Reserva de la Biosfera Calakmul). © Mark Godfrey/TNC
× Sierra Madre Watershed A river flows west off the Sierra Madre watershed through the agricultural community of Vienes Comunales San Antonio towards Pijijiapan and the Pacific ocean; Chiapas, Mexico. © Mark Godfrey
× Clouds envelop the forest Clouds envelop the forest of the Sierra Madre watershed and Reserva de la Biosfera La Sepultura near Tres Picos and Pijijiapan; Chiapas, Mexico. © Mark Godfrey/TNC

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Aerial views of the hardwood forest around the logging community of Noh Bec, Quintana Roo.

A New Roadmap for Conservation

How mapping technology is helping achieve sustainability in Mexico’s forests.

Two people prepare food on a simple table in a family cooking hut in the Maya Forest in Mexico.

Transforming the Region of the Maya Forest

TNC is working to improve the welfare of local people and promoting conservation efforts in the Maya Forest.

borders corn fields in the ejido of San Agustin, Yucatan.

Our Work in Mexico

From the Gulf of California to the Maya Forest: two coasts where diversity thrives.