Descripción: UNESCO, MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory.
«Montes Azules is located in the Selva Lacadona region in the State of Chiapas in southeast Mexico, between the Lacantum and Locania Rivers. It comprises 331,200 hectares inside the area of forestry protection (1978) of the Lacandona Forest. It is one of the largest areas of humid tropical forest in Mexico and Central America with areas of pine forest in higher altitudes and mountain rainforest. The reserve and surrounding forest contain some 500 species of trees.»