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Page 1 of 6 Conservation News: Essential Rocky Habitat Saved from Destruction After three years of legal battles the Mexican Secretary of the Environment determined that the Sandy Beach Resorts Marina, between Sandy Beach and La Cholla, could not be authorized to continue. The project would have destroyed vital rocky reef habitat.
The legal
process was led by CEDO, commercial divers from Puerto Peñasco and the
Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA). The basis for this
decision was the lack of hard scientific evidence to
state that the project would not have significant impacts on the
environment. This ruling will stop the destruction of a shallow rocky
reef that has immense ecological and social importance, including being
used as a marine reserve by local commercial divers to promote
sustainable fisheries, elevated levels of biodiversity, presence of
several protected species and its
proximity to the Upper Gulf Biosphere Reserve. This is a great sign the
Mexican government is adequately enforcing environmental law. *** Click below to view the map in more detail and locate the areas the above paragraph discusses.
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