Sol Melia Project revoked in Mexico

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:
- Greenpeace México

Related news:
- Greenpeace opposes the project by Sol Meliá in México (18/11/2000)

Date of publication: 30/04/2001

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