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17 Nov 2015

Author:
Viviane Mahieux, Ecologist

Mexico: Fishermen & locals protest against Mira Company's Tres Santos tourism & residential complex over negative impacts on their livelihoods

“Colorado State campus mega-development steals Mexican beach - you call that 'mindful'?”, 2 Nov 2015

Resistance is growing in Todos Santos, Baja California, to a tourism and University campus mega-development of 4,500 homes…[L]ocals fear it will drain their aquifers and obliterate a harmonious community…Water scarcity has long been an issue…Tres Santos has already bulldozed endangered mangroves, disfigured a beach, built a private reservoir that holds more water than the town's own, and reportedly is requesting permits to build eight more private wells…Meanwhile, local citizens are organizing to protest the project…[F]ishermen and community members blocked the road to the beach development, halting the construction and pressuring Tres Santos to respond for their loss of livelihood and displacement. More protests have followed…

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