'It’s going to be a heavy blow to nature.' A major rail project in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is intended to drive economic development. But scientists and environmentalists worry the project will damage important ecosystems stretching across the jungle.
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The Maya Train is intended to drive economic development to some of the country’s poorest areas, in part by bringing up to three million tourists each year. The president wants the train rolling by the end of this year, when his term ends, designating it a matter of “national security” so as to speed up the environmental and public hearing requirements. The army was put in charge of certain sections, including the one that crosses Calakmul.
The train’s path crosses the property of Norma Rosado. From her house with wooden planks and a tin roof, she said the government paid her the equivalent of $5,800. Officials also have promised to improve the roads and, most important to her, to repair the water main, which only delivers water a few hours two days a week, leaving Rosado and her husband to collect as much as they can in an array of tanks on the patio.
“I have seen with my own eyes troops of spider monkeys coming through the canopy and suddenly reach the clearcut and there is no way for them to cross,” he said.Fonatur proposes 126 wildlife crossings along this section, but only six would be elevated, which large mammals need, said Medellín, known by many as Mexican Batman because of his expertise in bats.
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