Jorge Lizar helped us put together this great video that explains how the Riviera Maya was formed, how it interacts, and the problems that are now happening along this coast.
Beach Xcacel: Natural Protected Area?
Hotel developers have put an eye on the marine turtle sanctuary of X'cacel and they want it no matter what. With legal tricks and false promises of ecological methods, they are trying to take over the most important sea turtle nesting beach in Mexico and its ecosystem...
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Aguas con los cenotes
"Aguas" means water in Spanish but it is also used to alert someone of an imminent danger, with this campaign SAVE. is starting a movement which looks for the legal protection of the cenotes.SAVE�s Book release
In A Tale of Impunity we show with simple text and photos some of the worst crimes that the Spanish owned hotel Bahia Principe has done in this area; demonstrating what coastal developers are doing to our fragile environment.
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Cenotes
When Spanish conquistadors and explorers first reach the Yucatan Peninsula they were all intrigued by the strange ecology of the terrain, which appeared to have no rivers. They were soon to discover that rivers did actually exist, but were in fact underground, with the Peninsula now recorded as having eight out of the ten longest underwater cave systems in the world...Read more
Sea Turtles
Sea Turtles have swum peacefully through the world’s oceans for millions of year. Sadly, however, these beautiful reptiles are now threatened with extinction due to hunting, capture in fisheries, coastal over-development, beach degradation, and marine pollution. Sea Turtles, except for the short time that they climb on the sandy beaches to dig nests and lay their eggs, spend their time...Read more
Mangroves
Mangroves are woody trees or shrubs that found in coastal habitats in swamps, forests and plant assemblages (mangals). Mangrove plants are found in depositional coastal environments where fine sediments, often with high organic content collect in areas protected from high energy wave action. Mangrove plants are a diverse plant group, which are able to exploit a habitat... Read more