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Quintana Roo’s underground water system, despite being the largest waterway network for its vast subterranean tributaries, is a system of severe fragility, whose water-basins must be protected in order to avert damage to its viability on medium and long terms, in the face of growing tourist industries and the implications this would have on Cancun and the Riviera Maya’s social and economical activities.

This is one of the most important subjects expounded on during the Threatened Spaces and Species in the Caribbean exhibition, on display at the UNAM’s Universum Science Museum, through the General Direction of Scientific Divulgation.

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During the inauguration of the “Humankind in Coexistence with Nature” exhibition at the Epson Gallery in Mexico City, of 21 selected opuses from 4th photography contest sponsored by Xel-Ha and Epson. Innovative perspectives of the world, showing different aspects and situations of human-natural coexistence were the main elements required by the companies, aiming to use these images as a way of spreading a conscience for the healthy interaction between humankind and our environment.

As a way to encourage creativity with digital media resources, Epson inaugurated the exhibition in its corporate gallery after reviewing over 2000 entries. Cecilia Garro, Xel-Ha’s head of marketing, alongside colleagues from the Park, were assigned the task of evaluating the pictures to choose the top three, which were chosen for their relevance to the contest’s central concept rather than for their use of professional technique.

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