Playa Del Carmen, coastal erosion. Photo source: ©© Andrewarchy
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Coastal erosion is one of the main challenges of the environmental agenda of Yucatan, as the problem of beaches erosion is seen as increasing each year…
Read Full Article, The Yucatan Times
The battle for the beaches of Cancun, Independent UK, (07-2010)
The science of why the beaches have eroded is not nearly as complex as the politics attached to their recovery…
Cancun’s Beaches: Vanishing Sand and Wasted Money (Uploaded 12-01-2010)
In a recent major restoration project, millions of cubic yards (meters) of sand were dredged from the sandy bottom of the Caribbean and pumped ashore in Cancun. The project created a seven-mile stretch of beach some 40 to 70 yards (meters) wide, at a cost of about $70 million. It is already washing away…
Tulum. Photo source: ©© Eli Kalaani
