Ecological disaster caused by the construction of Hwy 90 between Barranquilla & Santa Marta?

jameselliot (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 1, 2009, 17:07:

Here's some photos taken from the bus on the way past Cienaga Grande
http://picasaweb.google.com/jameselliot/CienagaGrandeEnvironmentalDisa...

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poco says on Mar 1, 2009, 17:47:

Looked at photos,, where is the disaster ?

Looks like a lot of poor folks living near the sea ?

I think Boliver Island near Galveston looks worse,, gee,, what going on ? Palm oil making some Orangutans sick ?

Snail Darters ?

Certainly does not look like spotted owl territory,,

Global Warming ?

Indications of a new Global Ice age ?

Colombian Chickens are crowing about the new President of the U.S. who will assure that From each according to their ability to each according to their need.

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jameselliot (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 1, 2009, 18:32:

Sam Salmon says on Mar 1, 2009, 18:59:

Everywhere on earht Mangrove forests are being destroyed in that regard Ciénaga is small time.

Well actually everything in the natural world is being destroyed-that's what humans do-destroy/destroy/destroy.

Dynamite is a common way to fish I've seen it in other places including places that are thought to be pristine.

' a la orden!'

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Buongone says on Mar 2, 2009, 00:37:

As far as I heard there are no fish anyway. They all have been dynamited a long time ago.

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Waterdawg says on Mar 2, 2009, 07:41:

Talking about Mangroves : You should see just how Ecuador has screwed up their coastal area by destroying the Mangroves for Shrimp Farms , unreal !

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Brian858 says on Mar 2, 2009, 07:47:

Thanks elsapo! - The link sums it up:

From an ecological and socioeconomic perspective, this ecoregion holds the most degraded estuarine complex in Colombia. Construction of highways to the north between the cities of Ciénaga and Barranquilla in 1956-1960 and on the eastern shore of the Magdalena River in the 1970s has lead to the disruption of most of the ecoregion from its natural state. Decline in mangrove forest during the period between 1956-1987 was 40.6%; by 1993 it had increased to 56.6% and in 1995 reached 63.8% of the total alive in 1956 (Gónima et al. 1998). In addition to the deterioration of the landscape, the decline in the mangrove forest has created effects throughout the lacunar system such as the loss of habitats for a large number of species of fish, birds and bentonic organisms.

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bufalo says on Mar 2, 2009, 20:35:

yeah it was a huge fuckup that happened a long time ago - who's the idiot that thought to do that?

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

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