The Greenpeace organization has joined forces with civic groups to defend Yucatán’s water resources against industrial threats. The environmental group highlights the need to protect biodiversity and cultural heritage in the region to address the climate crisis and accelerated loss of biodiversity.
Greenpeace emphasizes that predatory tourism, pig farms, industrial agriculture, renewable energy megaprojects, infrastructure projects, and urbanization pose significant threats to Yucatán’s water resources. The organization notes that these activities have caused harm to air and water quality, biodiversity, and human health.
The group references the request from 21 Mayan communities for a moratorium on new industrial pig farms in Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo. The communities seek to address issues related to the rights of the Mayan people and ongoing damage to air and water quality, biodiversity, and human health.
Industrial pig farms are responsible for significant environmental degradation in Mexico’s ecosystems. In recent years, they have caused deforestation of around 11,000 hectares of jungle in the Yucatán Peninsula. The complexes exert pressure on soil degradation, water pollution, and climate change.
Greenpeace states that it is urgent to expose the conditions of animal exploitation and destruction of biodiversity caused by various mega-farms in Yucatán. The organization demands that governments change laws, regulations, allocation of public resources, and concessions in favor of biodiversity and inhabitants of the area.
