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Estudio Previo Justificativo Para La Declaratoria Como Área Natural Protegida ESTUDIO PREVIO JUSTIFICATIVO PARA LA DECLARATORIA COMO ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA Junio, 2014 http://www.conanp.gob.mx/datos_abiertos/DGCD/6.pdf Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Monte Mojino D I R E C T O R I O Ing. Juan José Guerra Abud Secretario de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Mtro. Luis Fueyo Mac Donald Comisionado Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas Biol. David Gutiérrez Carbonell Director General de Conservación para el Desarrollo Biol. Carlos Castillo Sánchez Director Región Noroeste y Alto Golfo de California Biol. César Sánchez Ibarra Director Encargado de Representatividad y Creación de Nuevas Áreas Naturales Protegidas El presente documento fue elaborado por Conselva, Costas y Comunidades, A.C., y el Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Unidad Mazatlán, complementado por la Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por conducto de la Dirección de Representatividad y Creación de Nuevas Áreas Naturales Cítese: Protegidas, la Dirección del Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Meseta de Cacaxtla y la Dirección Regional Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Noroeste y Alto Golfo de California, con la participación de Sandra Guido Sánchez, Albert van der Heiden, Luis Alberto 2014. Estudio Previo Justificativo para el Bojórquez, Abril Montijo Galindo, Marcela Ruiz, Maurilio establecimiento del Área Natural Protegida Área de Gómez Pérez, Juan Manuel Mendoza, Prisciliano Mejía Protección de Flora y Fauna “Monte Mojino” ubicada en Mora, Leonor Gutiérrez Cárdenas, Carla Martínez Chávez, el estado de Sinaloa, México. 295 p, 11 anexos Martha Caballero Espejo, Joaquín Zebadúa Alva, Erika García Campos, Ivo García Gutiérrez, Damián de Jesús Ramos Aguilar, César Sánchez Ibarra, Lilián Torija Lazcano, Elia del Carmen Salazar Bernal y Laura Martin del Campo Balner. REVISÓ ___________________________ Biol. César Sánchez Ibarra Director Encargado de Representatividad y Fotografía de portada: Albert M. van der Heiden Creación de Nuevas Áreas Naturales Protegidas AUTORIZÓ Con fundamento en el artículo 75, fracción VII del Reglamento Interior de la SEMARNAT, publicado en Diario Oficial de la Federación el 26 de noviembre de 2012. ___________________________ Biol. David Gutiérrez Carbonell Director General Encargado de Conservación para el Desarrollo Estudio Previo Justificativo para el establecimiento del área natural protegida 2 Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Monte Mojino CONTENIDO I. Información General ................................................................................................. 14 a. Nombre del área propuesta ................................................................................... 14 b. Entidad federativa y municipios en donde se localiza el área ................................ 14 c. Superficie .............................................................................................................. 14 d. Vías de acceso ...................................................................................................... 14 e. Mapa que contenga la descripción limítrofe .......................................................... 15 f. Nombre de las organizaciones, instituciones, organismos gubernamentales o asociaciones civiles participantes en la elaboración del estudio ................................... 15 II. Evaluación ambiental ................................................................................................ 19 a. Descripción de los ecosistemas, especies o fenómenos naturales que se pretende proteger ........................................................................................................................ 19 b. Razones que justifiquen el régimen de protección ................................................ 82 c. Estado de conservación de los ecosistemas o fenómenos naturales .................... 84 d. Relevancia a nivel regional y nacional de los ecosistemas representados en el área propuesta ..................................................................................................................... 90 d.1. Contribución del área ante los efectos del cambio climático .............................. 95 e. Antecedentes de protección del área .................................................................... 97 f. Ubicación respecto a las regiones prioritarias para la conservación determinadas por la Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. ............... 104 f.1 Ubicación respecto a vacíos y omisiones de conservación en México. ........ 109 III. Diagnóstico del área ............................................................................................... 111 a. Características históricas y culturales ................................................................. 111 b. Aspectos socioeconómicos relevantes desde el punto de vista ambiental .......... 122 c. Usos y aprovechamientos, actuales y potenciales de los recursos naturales ...... 161 d. Situación jurídica de la tenencia de la tierra ........................................................ 176 e. Proyectos de investigación que se hayan realizado o que se pretenden realizar 179 f. Problemática específica que deba tomarse en cuenta ........................................ 187 f.1 Vulnerabilidad al cambio climático................................................................ 191 g. Centros de población existentes al momento de elaborar el estudio ................... 192 IV. Propuesta de manejo .............................................................................................. 194 a. Zonificación y su subzonificación ........................................................................ 194 b. Tipo o categoría de manejo ................................................................................. 200 Estudio Previo Justificativo para el establecimiento del área natural protegida 3 Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Monte Mojino c. Administración ..................................................................................................... 204 d. Operación ........................................................................................................... 204 e. Financiamiento .................................................................................................... 206 V. BIBLIOGRAFIA ....................................................................................................... 207 VI. ANEXOS................................................................................................................. 219 a. Descripción limítrofe ............................................................................................ 219 b. Listado florístico de la propuesta de ANP Monte Mojino, Sinaloa. ....................... 229 c. Listado de aves presentes en la propuesta de ANP Monte Mojicon con alguna categoría de protección en la NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010 y CITES. ........................ 251 d. Listado de aves endémicas estrictas quasi- y semiendémicas, presentes en la propuesta de ANP “Monte Mojino”. ............................................................................ 260 e. Listado de la mastofauna que se distribute en la propuesta de ANP Monte Mojino. 263 f. Listado de la herpetofauna que se distribuyen en la propuesta de ANP Monte Mojino. ....................................................................................................................... 267 g. Listado de la ictiofauna que se distribuye en la propuesta de ANP Monte Mojino. 273 h. Uso tradicional de flora en la propuesta de ANP Monte Mojino ........................... 274 i. Localidades que se ubican dentro del polígono de la propuesta de ANP Monte Mojino. ....................................................................................................................... 278 j. Ejidos y comunidades de la propuesta de ANP Monte Mojino donde se ha reportado la presencia del Jaguar. ............................................................................. 281 k. Memoria fotográfica de los talleres comunitarios realizados en 28 comunidades de la propuesta de ANP Monte Mojino. ........................................................................... 282 Estudio Previo Justificativo para el establecimiento del área natural protegida 4 Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Monte Mojino INDICE DE FIGURAS Figura 1. Localización general de la propuesta de área natural protegida Monte Mojino . 16 Figura 2. Vías de acceso a la propuesta de área natural protegida .................................. 17 Figura 3. Descripción limítrofe de la propuesta de área natural protegida (Ver Anexo a) . 18 Figura 4. Provincias fisiográficas en el estado de Sinaloa ................................................ 19 Figura 5. Rasgos fisiográficos dentro del polígono de la propuesta de área natural protegida .......................................................................................................................... 20 Figura 6. Cerros más representativos dentro de la propuesta de área Monte Mojino ....... 21 Figura 7. Principales elevaciones dentro del polígono de la propuesta de ANP ............... 22 Figura 8. Aspectos geológicos dentro de la propuesta de área natural protegida ............ 24 Figura 9. Edafología dentro del polígono de la propuesta de área natural protegida ........ 27 Figura 10. Subcuencas dentro del polígono de la propuesta de área natural protegida ... 29 Figura 11. Corrientes superficiales dentro del polígono de la propuesta de área natural protegida .........................................................................................................................
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