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There are 37 areas under some conservation mechanism that contribute to the state's protected area. Of these, eight (8) are federal NPAs, eleven (11) are Ramsar Sites, nine (9) are ADVCs, seven (7) are state NPAs and two (2) are municipal NPA.s
Federal NPAs total 1,404,226.48 hectares corresponding to 7.78% of the state; Ramsar Sites total 382,153.48 ha corresponding to 2.12% of the state; HCVDAs total 49,249.56 ha corresponding to 0.27% of the state, State NPAs total 90,441.31 ha corresponding to 0.50% of the state, and municipal NPAs total 56.54 has corresponding to 0.003% of the state. and HCVFs considered for the calculation of the protected area of the state of Sonora. Some NPAs were omitted from this list because they were located entirely on the area described in previous instruments, so they did not add conservation hectares to the state when they were established.
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The total aggregate area protected by all these NPAs is 1,926,127.37 hectares, corresponding to 10.6675% of the state.
The complete list of NPAs considered and the calculated surface calculated for each is included in Figure 3.
