What is the status of the American peregrine falcon in Mexico?
Although there is a lack of historical or recent information on peregrine falcons in Mexico for accurately assessing their current status, there are no recent data indicating peregrine falcon populations in Mexico are declining, are imperiled by organochlorine pesticides, or have not recovered in recent years similarly to populations in the United States and Canada. The status of the Mexican population may be similar to that of the population occupying similar habitat in nearby Arizona. In 1997, as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation established a North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on DDT. Specific NARAP goals that will benefit the peregrine falcon in Mexico are: beginning in 1997, a phased reduction in DDT by 80 percent in 5 years, resulting in the eventual elimination of DDT used for malaria control; elimination of the illegal use of DDT in agriculture; develop a cooperative approach to reduce the illegal importation
