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Table 12: Adequacy of Formally Protected Areas to Protect Biodiversity in the Sonoran Desert Bioregion

 

Adequacy of the Representativeness of Current Protected Areas

Adequacy of the Current Management of Habitats

 

Good

Poor

Mixed

Good

Poor

Mixed

Arizona Upland

1

10

2

3

0

9

Plains of Sonora

0

1

1

0

1

1

Viscaino/Magdalena

3

0

0

0

2

1

Gulf Coast

0

2

2

0

2

3

Lower Colorado

6

11

0

5

5

7

Foothills Thornscrub

0

1

0

0

1

0

Coastal Thornscrub

0

4

0

0

3

1

Semidesert Grassland

0

6

0

3

3

2

Riparian Forest

0

10

0

1

5

5

Palm Oasis

1

2

0

1

1

1

Riparian Scrub

0

0

0

0

0

1

Maritime Strand

 

Mangrove Scrub

0

2

0

0

2

0

Islands

2

0

0

0

1

1

 

 

 

    
       


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