Pez Maya
Our goal: This project will establish Pez Maya, a biological station and community education center, as an emerging hub of conservation research, environmental education, ecotourism, and global knowledge exchange. Pez Maya will create social and economic conditions that support conservation and make spaces and opportunities for conservation research and initiatives focused on the Yucatan Peninsula. Where the sky is born (Sian Ka'an in Mayan) and the waters coming from the Mayan Jungle and wetlands find each other to flow into the Caribbean Sea. Pez Maya is a melting pot of ecosystems and wildlife on the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. But this paradise is threatened by deforestation, climate change, and pollution. Extensive, long-term conservation of the 17 unique local ecosystems is an urgent need.