Grupo Mayan Puerto Peñasco Ecological Project
Activities that have an influence on the natural ecosystem may be converted into generating forces with adverse effects on the environment, regardless; world development can not be detained. Therefore, the challenge is to complement the promotion of development with preservation and restoration activities aimed at obtaining an ecological balance.
Under this premise, Desarrollo Marina Vallarta, S.A. de C.V., has created a mega project called Desarrollo Turistico e Inmobiliario Grupo Mayan Puerto Peñasco, to be built on an area of 2,450.42 hectares, located in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, which will include conservation activities per a detailed investigation of the species found within the vicinity of the project.
Taking advantage of the scenic value of the coast and the famous “Estero La Pinta” marsh, the Grupo Mayan Puerto Peñasco Tourism and Real Estate Development project proposes a spacious organization that includes room for areas, such as, tourism condominiums, hotels, and residential tourism related to commercial and service operations, with the added attraction of three golf courses, yet to be developed which, in addition to the ample green areas, will contribute to create an impressive and sophisticated landscape.
The polygon designated for the tourism complex includes part of the marsh known as the “Estero La Pinta,” which is actually a stream of tides whose flow is created by the interaction of coastal transportation and the flow of currents resulting in a protected body of water surrounded by a stable coastal band which separates it from the sea front.
The federal terrestrial maritime zone created by this body of water of 1,732,605.93 m2, as well as a surface of 1,037,200 m2 of the polygon of the property, has been proposed as an Ecological Conservational Area, which includes the future implementation of a scientific research project that incorporates, among other activities, monitoring rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes), tracking migratory birds, fostering nesting habits of oxpreys or the Fish Eagle (Pandion haliaetus ), and the Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), with this last species being of great importance because it is in danger of extinction, according to the Mexican Official Norm NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2001.
The activities mentioned above will allow the conservation and recuperation of the site’s native species habitat, associated with collateral support programs, such as, ecological paths and environmental education. In order to develop this research project, specialists will work on issues of monitoring the: reproduction, population, ecology, and migration of a series of species carefully and strategically selected, with the purpose of evaluating the ecosystem with a tri-dimensional focus and not on a horizontal plane.
A virtual parachute will be created with the selected species, where the chain that individually involves each of the species, will form an intricate net of parameter elements. This will allow the conservation and protection of species that are directly and indirectly dependent. As will be the case with the habitat, that is to say, all in all the goal is the integral conservation of the environment.
