The approval of the construction of 14 residential blocks in the dunes of the Coco River provoked outrage in Fortaleza, Brazil. A petition [2] [pt] has reached 5,000 signatures and two acts were organized via Facebook [3]. In 2009, an Area of Relevant Ecological Interest [4] was created at the Dunes of Coco to protect the site after denouncements [5] of a real estate project by the movement Save the Coco Dunes.
Brazil: Condos Upstage Protected Dunes
· Written by João Miguel Lima Translated by Sara Moreira
Categories: Latin America, Brazil, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Environment, Protest