Ensenada de La Paz

 
Ensenada de La Paz

Contact Us

M. en C. Roberto Carmona
beauty@uabcs.mx

M. en C. Georgina Barbata
gbrabata@uabcs

Departamento de Biología Marina
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
Carretera al Sur km 5.5. C.P. 23080
A.P. 19-B. La Paz, B.C.S. México
Tel. (612) 12 3 88 00 ext. 4180, 4100, 4005
Fax. (612)12 3 88 19 ext. 4099

Adriana del Moral
SEMARNAT
acdmr@uabcs.mx
Delegado Federal, SEMARNAT
Avenida Ocampo #1045 Col. Centro
La Paz, Baja California Sur, CP 23000
Tel: (01612) 123 93 07
Site Facts

Country, State,
Province/Region:
Baja California Sur,
Mexico


Relative Location:
The inlet is on the southeast coast of the Baja California peninsula, opening onto the Gulf of California. The city of La Paz is adjacent to the WHSRN site.


Latitude/Longitude:
24º 06' 0.8" N, 110º 25' 24"


Category:
Regional site


Basis for Designation:
More than 20,000 shorebirds use the site every year. More than 1% of the biogeographic populations of the Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), and Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) have been recorded there.


Size:
194 hectares/479 acres

Joined:
March, 2006


Site Owner/Steward:

Federal Government, ejidos (a system of communal land tenure in Mexico).


Site Partners:

Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur


Human Population within 100 km

180,000 inhabitants


Contact:

Roberto Carmona
beauty@uabcs.mx,

Adriana del Moral Romero
acdmr@uabcs.mx