NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund

Project Title: Establishing Strategic Links to Conserve the Overwintering Sites of the Monarch Butterfly (Mexico)

Organization:

Alternare, A.C.

Project ID:

2007.16.053768

Award Amount:

$50000.00

Location:

The MMBR is located within Mexico’s Neovolcanic Belt, an area of biogeographic transition characterized by a remarkably rich assemblage of plants and animals. In 1986 was stablished the 16,110 ha Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBF) as a national protected area and another one in 2000 expand