PARQUE NACIONAL ARRECIFES DE XCALAK:

“A DECISION OF ALL”

WHERE IS? HISTORY 1897. Settlement of the border between Mexico and Belize.

1898. First shipyard of the Mexican Caribbean (Miguel Rebolledo and Othón P. Blanco).

1900-1955. Golden age of Xcalak (copra production) 1800 inhabitants in 1950.

1955-1994. Fishing as the main activity of lobster and conch (in 1959 the SCPP Andrés Quintana Roo is founded).

1993. Perception of tourism development "Costa Maya Tourist Corridor". DECREE OF THE PROTECTED NATURAL AREA

“PARQUE NACIONAL ARRECIFES DE XCALAK”

IN FEDERATION OFFICIAL JOURNAL

2000, NOVEMBER 27TH LIFE BEFORE THE MARINE PROTECTED AREA ANTECEDENTES

2 polygons: Surface Terrestrial 4,454 ha Marine 13,495 ha 17, 949 Ha

ENVIRONMETAL IMPORTANCE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE CONSERVATIONS PROGRAMS, FISHERIES AND SOCIAL WORK CONSERVATIONS PROGRAMS, FISHERIES AND SOCIAL WORK CONSERVATIONS PROGRAMS, FISHERIES AND SOCIAL WORK

JOVENES POR XCALAK AND… WHATS THE PROBLEM? …IS THERE ANY PROBLEM? AFTER 15 YEARS

THERE IS ILLEGAL FISHING OR AT LEAST IT HAS NOT STOPPED

FEDERAL DEPENDENCE BY SUBSIDY PROGRAMS

LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA BY NEW INDIVIDUALS

SMALL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

SOCIAL DEPENDENCE TO MARINE PROTECTED AREA

INCREASED PRESSURE IN THE LAND USE CHANGE ON LAND ADJACENT TO THE MPA

“FEELING OF DECEPTION”

WE ARE RESPONDING TO US EVEN.

WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE CANNOT USE THE SAME STRATEGY STRATEGIES • KEEP UP THE WORK WITH THE FISHERIES SECTOR GIVING THEM ALTERNATIVES TO THEIR TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES

• COMMUNITY WORK USING YOUNG PEOPLE AND BUILDING THEIR CAPACITIES TO SHOW HOW THEY CAN USE THE MPA.

• RESCUING THE WORK WITH COMMUNITY COMMITTE TO MAKE PLANS FOR LOCALS AND GIVE OPTIONS

BUT ABOVE ALL

• WORK BASED ON AN ADVISORY COUNCIL WHERE INDIVIDUALS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS.

• SOCIALIZE OUR OBJECTIVES EVERY YEAR, WHICH HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH THEM. GRACIAS