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Activists chained to heavy machinery at the illegal construction site of the "Puerto Los Cabos" coastal property development. Damage to the surrounding wetlands from the construction of the planned 800 hectare marina and hotel complex are predicted to heavily impact on the marine environment.
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The Los Cabos Project with its 2 golf courses, 3 large hotels, 1168 houses, three beach clubs, two theme parks and a marina for 500 boats will cause irreparable damage to the environment.
The local population of Los Cabos suffers fresh water restrictions, due to constant shortages, whilst hotel clients have unlimited water on tap.
Discharges, spills, dredging and other damage to wetlands and bays due to the construction and management of marinas, hotels and urban developments, will impact on the fishing productivity as well as the marine and landscape richness, which are the main tourism attractions and the economic base of the region.
Ironically, it is the current boom in tourism development is threatening the basis of this tourism, and has become a new threat to the World's Aquarium.
To make matters worse, the Los Cabos Project is barely legal:
- The constructors have discharged waste into the wetland.
- Vegetation has been cut illegally.
- The freshwater wetland has been polluted with saltwater.
- For some parts of the project no assessments of impacts on the environment have been made.
- For other parts of the project which have been granted environmental permits, the conditions have not been followed.
Together with the local NGO Los Ángeles del Estero ("the Angels of the Wetland") we are calling upon the Mexican government to ensure that all coastal developments are sustainable.
Read more about the action on the Esperanza weblog
The Gulf of California - see map and learn more
Report: Marine Reserve Network for the Gulf of California.
The local population of Los Cabos suffers fresh water restrictions, due to constant shortages, whilst hotel clients have unlimited water on tap.
Discharges, spills, dredging and other damage to wetlands and bays due to the construction and management of marinas, hotels and urban developments, will impact on the fishing productivity as well as the marine and landscape richness, which are the main tourism attractions and the economic base of the region.
Ironically, it is the current boom in tourism development is threatening the basis of this tourism, and has become a new threat to the World's Aquarium.
To make matters worse, the Los Cabos Project is barely legal:
- The constructors have discharged waste into the wetland.
- Vegetation has been cut illegally.
- The freshwater wetland has been polluted with saltwater.
- For some parts of the project no assessments of impacts on the environment have been made.
- For other parts of the project which have been granted environmental permits, the conditions have not been followed.
Together with the local NGO Los Ángeles del Estero ("the Angels of the Wetland") we are calling upon the Mexican government to ensure that all coastal developments are sustainable.
Read more about the action on the Esperanza weblog
The Gulf of California - see map and learn more
Report: Marine Reserve Network for the Gulf of California.Read the Esperanza weblog
