Non-governmental organizations defending the Morrocoy National Park, alerted on social networks that the construction of the highway has already produced an indiscriminate felling of mangroves. “There are thousands of mangroves destroyed and trees felled, to allow this new project in an area protected by being declared a national park for 49 years”
Voices defending the environment and the ecosystem denounced that the Minister of Ecosocialism, Josué Lorca, has authorized the construction of a road in the middle of a key in the Morrocoy National Park, which is an ecocide and a flagrant violation of the legislation that governs the parks. nationals.
Victoria González, director of the Fundación Azul Ambientalista, expressed in this regard: “Tourists are prohibited from taking a pet to the beaches of the Morrocoy National Park, but they commit ecocide by opening a road in the middle of the park. Who understand them?” She asked when showing photos of the felling carried out in the aforementioned construction, she reviewed The morning.
This new ecocide endangers all the flora and fauna of a delicate ecosystem and severely threatens the vegetation, turning it into a jungle of granson and asphalt, seriously affecting the marine ecosystem, warned the environmentalist.
He said that Minister Josué Lorca, arbitrarily and without going through the environmental technical reviews and the approval of the other institutions involved, approved the construction of a mega-highway between Agua Salobre and the Mayorquina key, giving way to the Varadero key.
“We must remember that Mayorquina is closed to visitors for their protection because it is a nesting area for turtles, however Minister Lorca, without taking these objections into account, gave approval to deforestation for the construction of said road,” he reiterated. .
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Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) defending the Morrocoy National Park, alerted on social networks that the construction of the highway has already produced an indiscriminate felling of mangroves.
It seems -the NGOs pointed out- that the idea is to allow the construction of buildings near this key and connect them with the main roads of the municipality, taking away thousands of birds, crabs and protected species that have been affected by the massive deforestation of mangroves that authorized the Ministry of Ecosocialism, with its back to the communities and municipal authorities.
“Thousands of destroyed mangroves and felled trees are counted to allow this new project in a protected area because it was declared a national park for 49 years,” the environmental defenders said.
They pointed out that in this case the environmental damage is incalculable, committing crimes such as contravention of land management plans; illegal discharge into the marine and coastal environment; dumping of degrading materials in bodies of water; construction of illegal works; difficult access to beaches, illegal occupation of protected natural areas; execution of activities that are not permitted and breaching the treaties and conventions on biological diversity.
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