Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Mexico · 2023
Army-built Tren Maya caused deforestation of 6,659 hectares, mostly without permits
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Data from CartoCrítica, reported by Vanguardia, link the Tren Maya railway to the deforestation of 6,659 hectares, 87% of it without permits. The Mexican army built the line.
What?
The Tren Maya railway has caused deforestation of 6,659 hectares, 87% of it without permits, according to CartoCrítica data reported by Vanguardia. Vanguardia
Where?
Maya region, Mexico Vanguardia
When?
Deforestation data reported in 2023. Vanguardia
Who?
Gained
- Sedena (Mexican army) — Built the railway; the cleared forest is 87% without permits according to the data Vanguardia
Lost
None on recordHarmed
- Forests of the Maya region — 6,659 hectares deforested Vanguardia
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The army built the line, and the forest was cleared largely without permits, according to the CartoCrítica data. Vanguardia
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What happened
The record, in order.
Vanguardia reported, citing CartoCrítica data, that the Tren Maya caused deforestation of 6,659 hectares, of which 87% was without permits.
Vanguardia also reported that the Mexican army (Sedena) built the railway.
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Lawsuits and rulings
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Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Greenpeace México filed an amparo against a provisional permit for section 5, issued without an environmental impact assessment under a November 2021 national security decree; this comes.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: about 7 million trees were cleared; no source is identified for this figure.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: 2024 revenue of 275 million pesos against operating costs of 2,800 million pesos; no source is identified for these figures.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give a permit-by-permit breakdown of the 87% unauthorised area.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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- Tren Maya ha causado deforestación en 6,659 hectareasVanguardia · 2023