Help Protect Mexico’s Mangroves
Dear Friends,
Please
help RedManglar Mexico put pressure on the Mexican government to protect the
mangroves now threatened by development. Please join us in signing this Avaaz
petition:
help RedManglar Mexico put pressure on the Mexican government to protect the
mangroves now threatened by development. Please join us in signing this Avaaz
petition:
Here is a Google
translation of the Spanish written petition:
translation of the Spanish written petition:
The H.
Congress of Mexico must not give in to pressure from the private sector to
adapt to their interests the legal framework for the mangrove ecosystem. The
Wildlife Act prohibits so far the change in land use in mangrove areas. This
arrangement has been established with a broad academic and social support, to
the rapid loss of mangroves that has led to a status of threatened species.
Entrepreneurs pretexts that this provision has slowed the development and
investment. Allow changing land use in mangrove development does not generate
the high social and environmental cost of its destruction, not replaceable by
the magnitude and complexity of its functions .
Congress of Mexico must not give in to pressure from the private sector to
adapt to their interests the legal framework for the mangrove ecosystem. The
Wildlife Act prohibits so far the change in land use in mangrove areas. This
arrangement has been established with a broad academic and social support, to
the rapid loss of mangroves that has led to a status of threatened species.
Entrepreneurs pretexts that this provision has slowed the development and
investment. Allow changing land use in mangrove development does not generate
the high social and environmental cost of its destruction, not replaceable by
the magnitude and complexity of its functions .
Facing
climate change and the current Mexican government’s efforts to fight hunger,
preserve our mangroves should be a matter of national security and food
sovereignty non-negotiable.
climate change and the current Mexican government’s efforts to fight hunger,
preserve our mangroves should be a matter of national security and food
sovereignty non-negotiable.
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Why is
it important
it important
Between
1976 and 2000, Mexico lost between 20 and 25% of the mangrove area, according
to official data (National Institute of Ecology, 2005), at a rate of 1%.
Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems of which depends on the food chain
of fish species and shellfish with high economic and social value, among other
environmental features are also home to a rich biodiversity of species of
conservation concern, are important reserves water and protecting the coastline
against storms and hurricanes, are important reservoirs of gases that
contribute to climate change and represent the way of life, territory and
culture of hundreds of human communities on the Pacific coast and Atlantic. The
main causes of mangrove loss in our country are the sprawl of urban centers and
tourist industrial aquaculture and construction of infrastructure such as dams,
roads and ports.
1976 and 2000, Mexico lost between 20 and 25% of the mangrove area, according
to official data (National Institute of Ecology, 2005), at a rate of 1%.
Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems of which depends on the food chain
of fish species and shellfish with high economic and social value, among other
environmental features are also home to a rich biodiversity of species of
conservation concern, are important reserves water and protecting the coastline
against storms and hurricanes, are important reservoirs of gases that
contribute to climate change and represent the way of life, territory and
culture of hundreds of human communities on the Pacific coast and Atlantic. The
main causes of mangrove loss in our country are the sprawl of urban centers and
tourist industrial aquaculture and construction of infrastructure such as dams,
roads and ports.
Red
Mangrove In Mexico we have as purpose the defense and participatory management
of mangrove ecosystems, coastal marine and island ensuring its vitality and
populations living in relationship with them, facing threats and impacts of human
activities or works and likely to degrade the natural environment, altering the
natural ecological balance and / or violate the human rights of local
communities.
Mangrove In Mexico we have as purpose the defense and participatory management
of mangrove ecosystems, coastal marine and island ensuring its vitality and
populations living in relationship with them, facing threats and impacts of human
activities or works and likely to degrade the natural environment, altering the
natural ecological balance and / or violate the human rights of local
communities.
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