Mexico is a megadiverse country, home to approximately 12% of the planet's species. Although each species is critical, priority species have been identified for conservation through FONCER.
The project seeks to safeguard Mexico's globally significant biodiversity by establishing tools and capacities to ensure PAs' effective and sustainable functioning with the conservation of priority endangered species.
FONCER is a long-term financial mechanism under the Protected Areas Fund's general administrative and governance framework (FANP, acronym in Spanish). FMCN is responsible for the financial management of heritage resources and channels resources through civil society organizations to implement strategic conservation activities for endangered species and their habitats.
The lines of work that guide FONCER's actions are:
FONCER preserves critically endangered species, such as the California condor and the Mexican wolf.