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Be Alert and Ready
Be a SAVE activist by making your SAVE I-report and sending it to us…..
If you ever witness anyone damaging the ecosystem, or doing something fishy (like hauling a 10 foot shark in its car trunk), help us by taking photographs and/or videos. Then send us all the pertinent information you can (i.e. what happened, how it happened, where it happened, and with who it happened) and we will do the rest. Please email your information and photo content to
Xcacel 2009 press
Following Punta Carey and Fiesta Americana developments at Xcacel and Chemuyilito beaches. Read More
The waves of Hurricane DEAN hammered the pristine coastline of Quintana Roo starting at aprox. 5:00 PM Ag. 20, to aprox. 8:00 AM August 21. This monster storm packed more intense storm force for us here in the Akumal area then we had in 2005 with both Hurricanes Emily and Wilma... Read More
Multiple newspapers in which SAVE. exposes what happened after hurricane Dean in the beaches of Aventuras-DIF. Read More
More newspapers in which SAVE. exposes what happened after hurricane Dean in the beaches of Aventuras-DIF. Read More
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