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Nel 1986, in Belize, venne istituito il [[santuario faunistico del bacino dei Cockscomb]], la prima area protetta al mondo appositamente destinata alla conservazione del giaguaro.<ref name=Weckel>{{cita pubblicazione | autore=M. Weckel, W. Giuliano e S. Silver | anno=2006 | titolo=Cockscomb revisited: jaguar diet in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize | rivista=Biotropica | volume=38 | numero=5 | pp=687-690 | url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper | doi=10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00190.x | s2cid=85151201 | accesso=29 novembre 2019 | urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527070312/https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper | urlmorto=no}}</ref>
=== Le Unità Jaguar Conservation Units ===
InNel 1999, fieldricercatori scientistssul fromcampo provenienti da 18 jaguarpaesi rangedell'areale countriesdel determinedgiaguaro theindividuarono mostle importantaree areaspiù forimportanti long-termper jaguarla conservationconservazione baseda onlungo thetermine statusdella ofspecie jaguarin base allo stato populationdelle unitspopolazioni, stabilityalla ofdisponibilità preydelle prede-base ande qualityalla ofqualità dell'habitat. TheseQueste areasaree, calledchiamate "''Jaguar Conservation Units"'' (JCUsJCU, «unità per la conservazione del giaguaro»), aresono largegrandi enoughabbastanza forda atospitare leastalmeno 50 breedingindividui individualsriproduttori ande rangehanno indimensioni sizecomprese fromtra 566 e {{cvt|566|toM|67598|km2}} km²; 51in JCUstutto werevennero designate 51 designatedJCU in 36 geographicregioni regionsgeografiche includingdiverse, tra cui:<ref name=Sanderson2002 />
* thela [[Sierra Madre OccidentalOccidentale]] ande la [[Sierra de Tamaulipas]] in MexicoMessico;
* thele foreste tropicali della [[Foreste pluviali di Petén-Veracruz|Selva Maya]], tropicalche forestssi extendingestende overattraverso MexicoMessico, Belize ande Guatemala;
* thele [[Chocó–Dariénforeste moistpluviali forestsdel Chocó-Darién]], from Hondurasestese andda Panama toalla Colombia;
* i [[Los llanos|llanos venezuelani]];
* [[Venezuelan Llanos]]
* northernil ''[[Cerradocerrado]]'' andsettentrionale e il [[Amazonbacino basindell'Amazzonia]] in BrazilBrasile;
* le [[Tropical AndesAnde]] tropicali in Bolivia ande PeruPerù;
* la [[Misionesprovincia Provincedi Misiones]] in Argentina.
OptimalNel routes2010 ofsono travelstati betweenidentificati corei jaguar[[Corridoio populationbiologico|corridoi]] unitslungo werei identifiedquali acrossle itsvarie rangepopolazioni indi 2010giaguaro tosi implementspostano [[wildlifeda corridor]]suna thatJCU connect JCUsall'altra. TheseQuesti corridorscorrispondono representai areaspercorsi withpiù thebrevi shortesttra distancele betweenpopolazioni jaguarriproduttrici, breedingrichiedono populations,il requireminore thedispendio leastenergetico possibleda energyparte inputdegli ofindividui in [[dispersalDispersione (ecologybiologia)|dispersingdispersione]] individualse andpresentano poseun arischio lowdi mortalitymortalità riskpiù basso. TheyCoprono coverun'area ancomplessiva area ofdi {{cvtM|2600000|km2}} andkm² rangee inhanno lengthuna fromlunghezza compresa tra 3 e {{cvt|3|toM|1102|km}} km in MexicoMessico ande Centralin America andcentrale e tra 489,14 frome {{cvt|489.14|toM|1607|km}} km in SouthAmerica Americameridionale.<ref name=RabinowitzZeller2010>{{Citecita journalpubblicazione |author1 autore=Rabinowitz, A. |author2=Zeller,Rabinowitz e K. A. Zeller |year anno=2010 |name-list-style=amp |titletitolo=A range-wide model of landscape connectivity and conservation for the jaguar, ''Panthera onca'' |journal rivista=Biological Conservation | volume=143 |issue numero=4 |pages pp=939–945939-945 | doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2010.01.002 | url=https://www.panthera.org/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Rabinowitz_Zeller_2010_Arangewidemodeloflandscapeconnectivityandconservationforjaguar_BioCon.pdf |access-date accesso=14 Marchmarzo 2021 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-urlurlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129021304/https://www.panthera.org/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Rabinowitz_Zeller_2010_Arangewidemodeloflandscapeconnectivityandconservationforjaguar_BioCon.pdf | urlmorto=no}}</ref> La collaborazione con i proprietari terrieri locali e gli enti municipali, statali o federali è essenziale per impedire la frammentazione ambientale sia nelle JCU che nei corridoi, in modo da mantenere collegate le varie popolazioni.<ref>{{cita libro | autore=K. A. Zeller, A. Rabinowitz, R. Salom-Perez e H. Quigley | anno=2013 | capitolo=The Jaguar Corridor Initiative: A range-wide conservation strategy | titolo=Molecular population genetics, evolutionary biology and biological conservation of Neotropical carnivores | curatore=M. Ruiz-Garcia e J. M. Shostell | editore=Nova Science Publishers | città=New York | url=https://conservationcorridor.org/cpb/Zeller_et_al_2013.pdf | pp=629-status657 | isbn=live978-1-62417-071-3 | accesso=14 marzo 2021 | urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129021304/https://conservationcorridor.org/cpb/Zeller_et_al_2013.pdf | urlmorto=no}}</ref> Sette dei 13 corridoi presenti in Messico funzionano ottimamente con una larghezza di almeno 14,25 km e una lunghezza non superiore ai 320 km. Gli altri, invece, sono più difficili da percorrere per questi felini, essendo troppo stretti o troppo lunghi.<ref>{{cita pubblicazione | autore=C. Rodríguez-Soto, O. Monroy-Vilchis e M. M. Zarco-González | anno=2013 | titolo=Corridors for jaguar (''Panthera onca'') in Mexico: Conservation strategies | rivista=Journal for Nature Conservation | volume=21 | numero=6 | pp=438-443 | doi=10.1016/j.jnc.2013.07.002 | url=https://www.academia.edu/35225702 | accesso=18 novembre 2021 | urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129044432/https://www.academia.edu/35225702 | urlmorto=no}}</ref>
Cooperation with local landowners and municipal, state, or federal agencies is essential to maintain connected populations and prevent fragmentation in both JCUs and corridors.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Zeller, K.A. |author2=Rabinowitz, A. |author3=Salom-Perez, R. |author4=Quigley, H. |year=2013 |name-list-style=amp |chapter=The Jaguar Corridor Initiative: A range-wide conservation strategy |title=Molecular population genetics, evolutionary biology and biological conservation of Neotropical carnivores |editor1=Ruiz-Garcia, M. |editor2=Shostell, J.M. |publisher=Nova Science Publishers |___location=New York |chapter-url=https://conservationcorridor.org/cpb/Zeller_et_al_2013.pdf |pages=629–657 |isbn=978-1-62417-071-3 |access-date=14 March 2021 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129021304/https://conservationcorridor.org/cpb/Zeller_et_al_2013.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
Seven of 13 corridors in Mexico are functioning with a width of at least {{cvt|14.25|km}} and a length of no more than {{cvt|320|km}}. The other corridors may hamper passage, as they are narrower and longer.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Rodríguez-Soto, C. |author2=Monroy-Vilchis, O. |author3=Zarco-González, M.M. |year=2013 |name-list-style=amp |title=Corridors for jaguar (''Panthera onca'') in Mexico: Conservation strategies |journal=Journal for Nature Conservation |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=438–443 |doi=10.1016/j.jnc.2013.07.002 |url=https://www.academia.edu/35225702 |access-date=18 November 2021 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129044432/https://www.academia.edu/35225702 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In August 2012, the [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service]] set aside {{cvt|838232|acres|km2|order=flip}} in Arizona and New Mexico for the protection of the jaguar.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service |year=2012 |title=Designation of Critical Habitat for Jaguar; Proposed Rule |journal=Federal Register |volume=77 |issue=161 |pages=50214–50242 |url=https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/arizona/Documents/SpeciesDocs/Jaguar/Jaguar_pCH_FR_8-20-2012.pdf |access-date=13 March 2021 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214001827/https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/arizona/Documents/SpeciesDocs/Jaguar/Jaguar_pCH_FR_8-20-2012.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The Jaguar Recovery Plan was published in April 2019, in which [[Interstate 10]] is considered to form the northern boundary of the Jaguar Recovery Unit in Arizona and New Mexico.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Sanderson, E.W. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Fisher, K. |author3=Peters, R. |author4=Beckmann, J.P. |author5=Bird, B. |author6=Bradley, C.M. |author7=Bravo, J.C. |author8=Grigione, M.M. |author9=Hatten, J.R. |author10=González, C.A.L. |author11=Menke, K. |author12=Miller, J.R.B. |author13=Miller, P.S. |author14=Mormorunni, C. |author15=Robinson, M.J. |author16=Thomas, R.E. |author17=Wilcox, S. |year=2021 |title=A systematic review of potential habitat suitability for the jaguar ''Panthera onca'' in central Arizona and New Mexico, USA |journal=Oryx |volume= 56|issue= |pages=116–127 |doi=10.1017/S0030605320000459 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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