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}} Sian Ka'an is a biosphere reserve in the municipality of Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It was established in 1986 and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cesiak.org/aboutsiankaan.htm )〕 With the participation of scientists, technicians, students, fishermen, farmers, rural promotors and administrators, together with regional and international partners, have successfully carried out more than 200 conservation projects basing all conservation actions on scientific and technical information for planning and implementing environmental policies and the proposal of viable solutions for sustainable use of natural resources and focusing their efforts established within eight protected natural areas that include the reefs of Banco Chinchorro, and Xcalak at South of Quintana Roo, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Cancun, the island of Cozumel that is located in front of Xcaret and Contoy Island up North, covering . These areas lie in parts of all seven Caribbean Sea coastal municipalities of the state, with the largest part being in eastern Felipe Carrillo Puerto Municipality, where the vast majority of Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve lies. Part of the reserve is on land and part is in the Caribbean Sea, including a section of coral reef. The reserve has an area of 5,280 km2.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/410/ )〕 The reserve also includes some 23 known archaeological sites of the Maya civilization〔 including Muyil. Within the Amigos de Sian Ka'an project objectives are the identification, protection and management of additional areas with high biodiversity value as well as those critical for maintenance of the life cycles of endangered, threatened and migratory species in the Riviera Maya and providing environmental education through books, journals and pamphlets and giving technical assistance and training to Mayan communities working with ecotourism. ==Species in Sian Ka'an== A list of some of the species recorded in Sian Ka'an:〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/410 )〕 * ''Alouatta pigra'' (Yucatán black howler monkey) * ''Amazona xantholora'' (yellow-lored amazon) * ''Ardea herodias'' (great blue heron) * ''Ateles geoffroyi'' (Geoffroy’s spider monkey) * ''Crocodylus acutus'' (American crocodile) * ''Crocodylus moreletii'' (Morelet's crocodile) * ''Ctenosaura similis'' (black iguana) * ''Cuniculus paca'' (spotted paca) * ''Dasyprocta punctata'' (Central American agouti) * ''Eira barbara'' (tayra) * ''Fregata magnificens'' (magnificent frigatebird) * ''Jabiru mycteria'' (jabiru) * ''Leopardus pardalis'' (ocelot) * ''Leopardus wiedii'' (margay) * ''Meleagris ocellata'' (ocellated turkey) * ''Mycteria americana'' (wood stork) * ''Nasua narica'' (white-nosed coati) * ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) * ''Pelecanus occidentalis'' (brown pelican) * ''Phalacrocorax brasilianus'' (neotropic cormorant) * ''Phoenicopterus ruber'' (American flamingo) * ''Potos flavus'' (kinkajou) * ''Puma concolor'' (puma) * ''Puma yagouaroundi'' (jaguarundi) * ''Ramphastos sulfuratus'' (keel-billed toucan) * ''Sarcoramphus papa'' (king vulture) * ''Tamandua tetradactyla'' (tamandua) * ''Tapirus bairdii'' (Baird's tapir) * ''Tayassu pecari'' (white-lipped peccary) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sian Ka'an」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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