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| Biosphere Reserve Information | ||||
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SIERRA DE MANANTLÁN |
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| General Description | The reserve is located in the transition of the Nearctic and Neotropical realms and encompasses parts of the Sierra Madre del Sur, with a wide range of altitudes, climates and soils. The effects of tectonic and volcanic activities and erosion are notable within the reserve. Different types of forests are present in the reserve including mesophytic, cloud, and dry deciduous and semi-deciduous tropical forests. Anthropologists know the region as ‘Zona de Occidente’, an area notably different to the rest of Mesoamerica. Some ceramic remnants, figurines and graves have been found, but there is little other material evidence. More than 40,000 people (2002) live in the Sierra de Manantlán, engaged mainly in agriculture (corn, beans, tomatoes, sugarcane, watermelon, mangoes), livestock grazing, timber production, and extraction of wood for fuel and mining of coal or minerals. Their living conditions are poor and marginal. Being one of the forgotten groups in Jalisco, their land rights have been ignored by commercial timber companies and by local administrators. The biosphere reserve with its focus on people as an integral part of the ecosystem would appear well fitted to address the challenges of conserving wild relatives of important crops. An example is the wild maize (Zea diploperennis), discovered in the 1970’s that led to the biosphere reserve designation in 1988. Populations of the wild annual relative (Mays ssp. parviglumis) and the ‘Tabloncillo’ and ‘Reventador’ races of maize, traditional for this area, are further targets for conservation .The major goal of the reserve is to implement an alternative productive diversification of agrarian communities in ecotourism, sustainable forest management, agriculture and handicraft. | |||
| Major ecosystem type | Tropical humid forest and temperate grasslands (sierra) | |||
| Major habitats & land cover types | Deciduous tropical dry forest; semideciduous forest; cloud forest; riparian areas; pine and oak forests; fir forest; rivers; riparian vegetation; agriculture | |||
| Location | 19°20' to 19°43'N; 103°49' to 104°27'W | |||
| Area (hectares) | ||||
| Total | 139,577 | |||
| Core area(s) | 41,901 | |||
| Buffer zone(s) | 97,676 | |||
| Transition area(s) when given | ||||
| Altitude (metres above sea level) | +400 to +2,860 | |||
| Year designated | 1988 | |||
| Administrative authorities | Comisión Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP); Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca (SEMARNAP) Camino al Ajusco 200, 3er piso, Jardines en la Montaña, Tlalpan, C.P. 14210, México, D.F. Tel. (317) 381 01 54, (317) 381 02 26 Fax: (317) 381 02 26 E-mail: manantla@conanp.gob.mx; shgraf@yahoo.com; drbsm_autl@yahoo.com.mx | |||
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| Brief description |
Water quality monitoring, diversity and species structure in Río Ayuquila Flora and fauna inventories Zea diploperennis population ecology and dynamics Biodiversity conservation Land use changes Forest fires dynamics Environmental education |
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| Abiotic | Hydrology. | |||
| Biodiversity | Biodiversity, conservation, ecology, fauna, fires/fire ecology, flora, forest systems, freshwater/inland water, genetic resources, species inventorying/inventory. | |||
| Socio-economic | n.a. | |||
| Integrated monitoring | Education and public awareness, land use/land cover. | |||
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| Contact address |
Humberto Reyes Gómez Reserva de Biosfera 'Sierra de Manantlán' Ángel Martínez No. 84 48900 Autlán, Jalisco Mexico |
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| Telephone | (52.317) 381 01 54 (52.317) 381 02 26 |
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| Fax | (52.317) 381 02 26 | |||
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manantla@conanp.gob.mx smontes@conanp.gob.mx |
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| Web site | www.conanp.gob.mx | |||
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| Last updated: 3/8/2011 |
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