December 7, 2006

Mexico: Wetland destruction at Los Cabos

© Greenpeace/Alex Hofford

© Greenpeace/Alex Hofford

Here's one of our activists - chained to heavy machinery - talking to a construction worker at the illegal construction site of the 'Puerto Los Cabos' coastal property development in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The construction of a planned 800 hectare marina and hotel complex will damage the surrounding wetlands from and are predicted to heavily impact the local fishing industry and marine environment.

More here on the Ocean Defenders weblog »

Comments

The protest looks really boring. Is the machinery abandoned?

no, not at all! Not every protest is swashbuckling you know...

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