Lacan-Tun Biosphere Reserve is a protected natural area in southeastern Mexico. It is located in the

Lacandon Forest The Lacandon Jungle (Spanish: ''Selva Lacandona'') is an area of rainforest which stretches from Chiapas, Mexico, into Guatemala. The heart of this rainforest is located in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas near the border with Guate ...

of eastern

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

state, where it protects 618.74 km² of lowland rain forest. Lacan-Tun reserve was established by the Mexican government in 1992. Lacan-Tun Biosphere Reserve borders

Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve is a protected natural area in Chiapas state of southern Mexico. The reserve protects 3312 km2 of the Lacandon Jungle, a lowland tropical rainforest. Geography Montes Azules Biosphere reserve adjoins Lacan-Tun Bio ...

on the southwest, and is bounded by the Lacantun River on the southeast.

References

{{reflist Biosphere reserves of Mexico Protected areas of Chiapas Petén–Veracruz moist forests