{"id":8697,"date":"2016-02-18T12:55:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T11:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=8697"},"modified":"2022-09-05T10:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:26:37","slug":"cancuns-mangroves-destroyed-community-protest-may-yet-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/02\/cancuns-mangroves-destroyed-community-protest-may-yet-save\/","title":{"rendered":"Canc\u00fan’s mangroves are destroyed. Community protest may save them"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Canc\u00fan's<\/a><\/p>\n

Just a month ago, if you passed by Tajamar in Canc\u00fan, Mexico you would have seen 57 hectares of thriving mangrove forest lining the coast. Today, only stumps remain.<\/p>\n

For years, hundreds of citizens worked to protect the Tajamar mangroves, one last swathe of wetlands in tourist-dominated Canc\u00fan.<\/p>\n

But in the middle of the night on 16 January, developers hoping to build a new resort – ‘Malec\u00f3n Tajamar’ – made their move. Under cover of darkness, they\u00a0tore down the mangroves.<\/p>\n

Local authorities allowed this destruction despite\u00a0evidence<\/a> that those promoting the resort had provided highly irregular information – even denying the mangroves were there at all.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the battle between these profit-driven developers and the local community came down to one question:<\/p>\n

After their destruction became public knowledge, thousands of people across Mexico stood with the community protesters in outrage. And their voices made a huge impact.<\/p>\n

In response to a case brought to court by Greenpeace Mexico and ally organisations, a judge has ordered a moratorium on all work for the Tajamar project.<\/p>\n

Read the full article: Canc\u00fan’s mangroves are destroyed. But hope grows again! – The Ecologist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mexico’s tourist resort of Canc\u00fan has just lost one of its greatest natural riches: 57 hectares of species rich mangrove forest, bulldozed in a massive overnight attack by property developers in league with local officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,130,534,267,140],"tags":[604,605],"yoast_head":"\nCanc\u00fan's mangroves destroyed. 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