Aguas con los Cenotes
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The fresh water of the Mayan Jungle flows slowly to the Caribbean Sea. This spectacular underground river system has gallons of water, fresh drinking water, and the most important natural resource the world can boast.
Adding to this, thanks to the effects of water level changes in the past millions of years, these fantastic flooded caverns are richly decorated with stalactites, stalagmites, and column forms. They are also troves of histories, containing archeological, biological, anthropological, and paleontological treasures. Nothing else exists like this on our planet. They are truly UNIQUE in the world.
A shadow of destruction has begun to take over our environment, wrecking havoc with the multi-faceted water ecosystems at play, including the Mesoamerican Coral Reef.
It is urgent that the Mexican Federal Government take action to prevent more destruction.
We have asked Mexican President Calderon to decree The Cenotes and the Underground River Systems of Quintana Roo as a federally protected zone. Our ultimate goal is to attain the status of World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
We demand legal protection of the cenotes and underground river systems. We will not allow the environmental predators to destroy more. To them, we send a message:
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Cenotes
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