La Unica Natural Reserve

PRONATURA´s Conservation Office in Baja California is carrying out an initiative for the creation of a Marine Protected area, identified as Parque Nacional “Bahía de Los Ángeles”. During this process, the work with the community and their involvement has been central for its success.

With the purpose of supporting the mentioned initiative and taking into consideration that the main threats to the area’s marine ecosystems are the anthropogenic activities carried out in the coastal zones, PRONATURA Northwest Private Land Conservation Program (PNPLCP) with WILDCOAST support, began the Coastal Corridor La Asamblea-San Francisquito Conservation Project, with which it is pretended to guarantee the perpetual preservation of private and ejido critical lands through the application of legal instruments and the promotion of the area’s natural resources sustainable use.

According to the above mentioned PNPLCP began negotiations with different land owners in order to implement those recommendations and for the holders to voluntary establish conservation easements in their properties.

The laws in Latin American countries are based on the European civil code and only recognize the traditional form of appurtenant easement created between two neighboring estates.