The
Semarnat has decided
to revoke the permit given by the extinct Semarnap to the mega tourist
development promoted by the hotel chain
Sol
Meliá together with four other firms on the Mexican beaches
of Xcacel-Xcacelito, in Quintana Roo. According to the Semarnat,
a new public consultation will be organised to finally define the future
of the project.
According to
Greenpeace México,
with this decision they have ended an odyssey of illegalities that started
at the end of 1997 with the sale of Xcacel-Xcacelito violating the
Agreement of Ecological Planning of the Cancún-Tulúm Corridor
that recommended that the area of Xcaceli had to be protected and in the
event of being sold priority would be given to the NGOs to buy the property
and to convert it into an ecological reserve.
The beaches of Xcacel and Xcacelito, hardly 2.5 kms long, are the nesting
place for marine green turtles and cahuama, species in danger of extinction.
More information:
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Greenpeace México
Related news:
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Greenpeace
opposes the project by Sol Meliá in México (18/11/2000)