Protect your wetland

Hello!

This time I will talk to you about a socio-environmental conflict that occurs nearby the town where I currently live.

“La Vega de Pupuya” Wetland is a coastal wetland that fulfills various ecosystem services to local communities, and houses a great diversity of plants and wild animal species, all of them an important part of humanity's existence. However, this ecosystem has been degraded and threatened by construction, tourism and the lack of awareness of the people who are related to this place. But mainly, it has been affected due to the mismanagement of the municipality, and the laws that allow economic development over the places that provide us with life and which are an important part of our spaces, either for recreation and contemplation.

During the last months, the residents of the town, altogether with the fishermen, have been organizing and dealing against the disasters that are currently taking place on the wetland. The organizations has been based mainly on scientific facts, historical memory and environmental arguments. It is very necessary that the municipality heeds the requests of the people and be able to declare this territory as an area of ​​environmental protection.

Thanks for reading, I hope you can visit this Wetland sometime in the future.