December 21, 2003
Usumacinta Delta

So far we have concentrated on the Usumacinta upstream from Boca del Cerro. Below the proposed dam site is one of the most important wetlands in the region.

Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Usumacinta mangroves (NT1437)

Long-term threats to the region include overexploitation of resources, continuous industrial pollution of the waters due to human overpopulation, oil extraction, and the possible construction of building a hydroelectric plant that would impact a large part of the aquatic habitat. According to IUCN (Scott & Carbonell 1986), the Gulf Coast contains the largest area of wetlands in North America.

Posted by Dave at December 21, 2003 02:21 PM