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Laguna San Ignacio, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to sea turtles, peregrine falcons, ospreys, and hundreds of thousands of migratory waterfowls and shorebirds, and is the last undeveloped gray whale birthing lagoon on the planet. Laguna San Ignacio is part of a 248-mile-coastline wetland complex that includes intertidal mudflats, salt flats, sandy beaches, and mangroves. This wetland complex is a global treasure and one of the world’s most biologically significant coastal sites. |
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In 2000, thanks to national and international pressure, the Mexican government cancelled an industrial salt production project, which would have devastated Laguna San Ignacio. But this victory did not mean permanent protection of Laguna San Ignacio: a new salt production federal concession, mega-resorts, and land speculation threaten to dramatically alter the pristine lagoon, and hundreds of square miles of wetlands and mangroves. |
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WiLDCOAST, Pronatura-Noroeste, International Community Foundation and Natural Resources Defense Council joined forces with local organizations and community members to form the Laguna San Ignacio Conservation Alliance to provide alternatives that allow sustainable development and conservation. The Alliance's goal is to preserve more than 890,000-acres of coastal ecosystems |
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The Alliance’s mission is to permanently protect one million acres of pristine coastal ecosystems that surround Laguna San Ignacio, a UNESCO World Heritage site. To achieve this goal, the Alliance needs your help to raise 10 million dollars to save the last undeveloped gray whale birthing lagoon on the planet.
Be a part of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to save a global treasure and one of North America’s most biologically significant coastal sites for only ten dollars per acre.
Make a tax-deductible contribution:
Send your check or money order at:
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"Saving the Gray Whale: People, Politics, and Conservation in Baja California" written by WiLDCOAST Executive Director Serge Dedina Ph.D.
