30/05/2026
🌎🇲🇽 Mexico is more than a tourist destination.
It is one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth, home to approximately 10–12% of the world's known species despite occupying less than 1% of the planet's land area.
🌿 Thousands of plant and animal species found in Mexico exist nowhere else on Earth.
🐢 Sea turtles nest on its beaches.
🦋 Monarch butterflies complete one of the world's most extraordinary migrations here.
🐋 Whales travel through its waters.
🪸 Coral reefs, mangroves, forests, deserts, wetlands and mountains sustain biodiversity that benefits the entire planet.
These ecosystems do not only belong to Mexico. They help regulate climate, store carbon, protect coastlines, support fisheries, preserve water resources and sustain migratory species that cross international borders.
This is why the discussion is bigger than any single project.
The question is not whether we should have development.
The question is: what kind of development do we want?
Economic growth and environmental protection should work together, not against each other.
When mangroves are removed, reefs damaged, beaches privatized or natural habitats fragmented, the consequences extend far beyond local communities. They affect biodiversity, climate resilience and future generations everywhere.
We must also remember that many of these landscapes are cultural and spiritual treasures, connected to Indigenous peoples, traditional communities and centuries of history.
Protecting nature is not stopping progress.
Protecting nature is ensuring that progress can continue for generations to come.
🌿 Development with responsibility.
🐢 Conservation with action.
🪸 Tourism with respect.
🌎 A future where nature and communities thrive together.
Because once a species disappears, a reef dies or a mangrove is destroyed, no amount of money can truly bring it back.
Tatéi Haramara — Pueblo Wixárika contemplando el mar sagrado en las costas de Nayarit, México.
