Mexico beaches, washing away.

Urban places often develop in resort locations such as Cozumel and Isla Mujeres often damaging the original ecosystem. The wealthy companies spend a great deal of money developing these locations into hotel and tourism centers. The tourists find these places to be a very desirable plot of real estate. The very structure of these tourism centers and the sub sequential effect on the local economy leads to a sort of economic persuasion in the favor of the wealthy companies. The Eco-conscious activists appear to be loosing out. Today a Mexican Judge held a 1.1 million dollar (15 million peso) bond against legal action allowing the improvements upon Cozumel and Isla Mujeres beaches. The activists argue that if the repairs are not done properly, endangered species of marine snails may be lost. The Government sides with the companies who view these repairs as a necessary way to save thousands of jobs that a destroyed beach would cause. This decision may prove it harder to raise ecological oppositions to industrial expansions for anyone other than the financially backed or the wealthy. Its seems as though companies with an interest in tourism have governmental persuasion in these situations due to the large amount of people they employ and the amount of taxes the government would get. The likelihood that a company will receive funding for a possibly futile or temporary project seems to overshadow the possibility that an activist group can save an endangered species or ecosystem. It would be ideal if companies were expected to consult ecosystem analysts before creating large-scale expansions and land expansions. The changes to the environment can cause extreme and permanent changes to the ecosystem.

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