Sustainable Financing for New Protected Areas (FINANP)


Establish effective management, increased biological connectivity, and sustainable financing for protected areas

The Project

The Sustainable Financing for New Protected Areas (FINANP, acronym in Spanish) project aims to ensure that protected areas (PAs) are effectively managed and strengthen their connectivity and sustainable financing strategies. In this way, it seeks to contribute to the sustainable use and protection of Mexico's natural capital by maintaining its ecosystemic integrity and the provision of environmental services generated in it. 

Context

FINANP has a planned duration of five years, starting in June 2021, and has two phases to achieve its objective: 

  • FINANP I, managed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has a temporary financial contribution, which will contribute with equipment for three federal PAs and the Ranger Training Center in the Islas Marías Biosphere Reserve and will support other innovative land management modalities relevant to biological connectivity.
  • FINANP II, managed by FMCN, has patrimonial resources for operating three federal PAs, the Mexican Caribbean and Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserves of the Baja California Peninsula and Revillagigedo National Park. The strengthening of the operation of these PAs is through the Fund for the Protected Areas Fund (FANP, acronym in Spanish) mechanism, based on the financing of conservation actions, in a five-year strategic planning.


The lines of work that guide FINANP's actions are as follows:

  1. Establish effective management of the selected federal PAs (Phase I).
  2. Promote innovative alliances for integrated territorial management (Phase I).
  3. Institutional strengthening of the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (Conanp, acronym in Spanish) (Phase I).
  4. Contribute to the financial sustainability of federal PAs (Phase II).

The beneficiary PAs are the Mexican Caribbean and Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserves of the Baja California Peninsula and Revillagigedo National Park.

Achievements

The project is currently in its third year of on-the-ground implementation. The three PAs continue to carry out their Annual Operational Plans (POAs), which ensure their day-to-day operations and the implementation of sustainable management actions.

During the first half of 2025, the PAs conducted a range of conservation and sustainable management activities in coordination with academic institutions and local organizations. Key actions included biological monitoring, regulation of tourism activities, island biosecurity measures, territorial control and surveillance, as well as environmental education activities.


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Allies

Donor:

  • KfW Development Bank

Partners:

  • National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP, acronym in Spanish)
  • Regional Office for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean of the International Union for Conservation of Nature