Several miles of unspoiled beaches of soft white sand and a portion of sea in which the presence of unique micro Western Caribbean coral atolls, they make a huge swimming pool, is what is in the spotlight the real estate speculator Donald Trump on the other side of the island. Land, however, are protected by various laws, and presumably not be touched.
The eternal and up far unresolved debate between environmental conservation and real estate development is a new chapter in the northeast of the island of Cozumel, which of course, assumes that you are in the process of being declared a "protected area", a process that federal government has stopped for the past two years.
Since 2006, it was known first as rumor and then as something that was confirmed by the highest authorities of the time, the U.S. millionaire Donald Trump, had the interest to invest in the east coast of Cozumel, on land that means were owned by the deceased businessman Fernando Barbachano Yucatan and now owned by his family. Not unclear how the late entrepreneur was Yucatec those lands, which for legal purposes are named "Rancho Ixpalbarco", as representatives of the Ejido Isla Cozumel-created in the 30's of last century by the government of Lázaro Cárdenas, have explained that when they created the ejido, as there were only farms Buenavista, of Villanueva, in the south east of the island, Chankanaab Rancho, the Marrufo on the west coast or the San Gervasio, the novel, in the center of the island, all residents of Cozumel families from the time of stocking in the second half of the 19.
was not known, however, say, the existence of any Rancho Ixpalbarco in the north eastern coast, whose only facilities apparently consist of a fence in the middle of nowhere where by letters on finished cement grinding ensures that this property was entered in the register of the then Ministry of Agriculture and Development on 1 April 1946, almost ten years after the creation of the ejido, and also notes the inclusion of this course ranch in the Public Registry of Property and Commerce of the then Federal Territory of Quintana Roo, 27 August 1963.
The site includes a nice extension of some of the best beaches that remain on the island and indeed the entire upstate, beaches that have been preserved from deterioration and erosion affecting Cancun and the Riviera Maya, precisely because there are no hotels or homes have been built on the dunes.
One of these beaches, called Ha Nam is only part of the formation of coral atolls and lagoons marina in this part of the Caribbean, a place that divers and biologists called "micro-atolls" and that since time have tried to be included in a marine protected area which can promote itself Reef National Marine Park of Cozumel, and it is a place of unique characteristics which can be found from starfish to sharks.
On the side of the coast, there are gaps, both seasonal as permanent, and mangroves where they live crocodiles, migratory birds, ducks and various species of resident birds, and magnificent as the osprey, in addition to plant populations are massive colonies of palms, as the chit and the palm of guano, are also within the official limit on protected species 056.
possess immense beaches of fine sand dunes
is held in place by the tangled vegetation and resistant to that type of soil that grows on them, in addition to the long strip of sand between the dunes and the sea without barriers, lights and buildings that get in the way they are now one of the last and most important breeding sanctuaries for sea turtles across the north of Quintana Roo.
Until now, only companies that have had enough imagination and initiative to get economic benefit to those places, companies have been guided or "tours" devoted mainly to the cruise market, which fall around in jeeps to bring tourists to the Mayan ruins that are erected here and there along the coast to coast, using a path whose original line was created by the ejidatarios themselves for decades.
Land have owners, but land-use plans of Cozumel and various federal, have so far prevented that colonize this part of the island.
As with any project, Donald Trump saying there are people in favor and others against those who favor mentioning the creation of jobs and the possibility that the island recover its status as a destination-site exclusive hotel lost to the overwhelming growth of the cruise industry and its thousands of visitors at the docks on the west coast, as the main reasons to support it.
Opponents complain that the course development can occur only at the expense of the destruction of what the end of the day, are the real attractions of the island of Cozumel also say more to be avoided, if left pass this project, others will follow, first one way and then "only five kilometers" to prey on the rest of the coast and settlements also will be created for people who work there and is unwilling or unable to return every day San Miguel de Cozumel, representing a lucrative deal at first, but risking the environmental and economic viability of the island in the medium and long term.
Source: Por Esto!
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