Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan, A. C. (PPY) is a Mexican non profit organization that has worked for more than a decade in priority areas of the Yucatan Peninsula; particularly, in the Biosphere Reserves of Ria Celestun, Ria Lagartos and Calakmul, as well as in the Flora and Fauna Protection Areas of Yum Balam and Otoch Ma'ax Yetel Kooh. Recently, PPY began an ecorregional strategy and is implementing projects in the Biosphere Reserve of Los Petenes, in the State Reserve El Palmar and in the forest mass of the municipality of Calakmul.

Mission

Our mission is the conservation of flora, fauna and priority ecosystems, promoting the society’s development in harmony with nature.

Objectives

• To contribute in fomenting the valuation of environmental and economic benefits of natural resources in economical and developmental politics of our country.
• To influence in the formulation and implementation of politics that contribute to the conservation of biological diversity.
• To promote the sustainable use and management of natural resources, involving different social groups in the design and operation of productive activities.
• To conserve representative ecosystems, their functions and structures, in priority areas of the Yucatan Peninsula.