The Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) reported that more than 6 thousand hectares of jungle in Yucatán have been dismantled, the damage to which would be irreversible, butWhat will dependency do? to demand restoration of environmental damage?
Just in June of this year, the owner of SemarnatAlicia Isabel Adriana Bárcena Ibarra, recognized that “the Mennonites in Yucatan are truly a very serious environmental problem”, and “They have come out with weapons” when trying to stop their activities that damage the environment.
Despite having this data They have not reported whether they were required to restore or repair the environmental damage. and what is the progress, if any.
In this regard, Guillermo Porras Quevedo, Semarnat delegate in Yucatánpointed out that the accelerated expansion of agribusiness linked to groups of mennonites is responsible for the environmental devastation in the southern cone of the state.
He indicated that municipalities like Six, Photo and Ten have been concentrating for several years the massive opening of lands for monocultures, “in many cases without current environmental permitswithin one of the most fragile and strategic areas of the peninsula.”
The damage extends to various species of fauna
“In this corridor, emblematic species survive, such as the jaguar, puma and ocelot, in addition to a vast diversity of birds, reptiles and endemic plants, which are threatened,” he warned.
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It must be remembered that they have also reported that the agricultural practices of Mennonites in the Yucatan Peninsula cause a “ecocide”, which also kills bees, which is even documented with studies made by him College of the Southern Border (Ecosur).
In this context, Guillermo Porras Quevedo He added that the most recent case that triggered the alerts was recorded in the Mesatunich ejido, municipality of Tekax, where federal authorities closed 145 hectares of jungle with native vegetation, which had been cleared to plant sorghum and corn on a large scale.
In addition to the clearing, he noted, it was detectedirregular opening of roads, extraction of stone material and direct impacts on wild species.
“This operation joins other similar operations carried out in the region in recent months, where illegal changes in land use have been documented in jungle areas, one of the most vulnerable ecosystems on the peninsula,” he stated.
Mennonites devastate the jungle in Yucatán, what does Semarnat say about repairing the damage?
Despite documented damage and closures, the Semarnatresponsible for protecting the environment, conserving natural resources and promoting sustainable development, has not reported a plan to demand that the groups mennonites y others that have devastated the jungle in Yucatán, restore the damage caused.
They have also not disclosed whether the environmental crimes committed will have some criminal sanction, for the moment it is only known temporary closures. As long as impunity continues, damage to the environment will continue.