Bimini Bay resort has again come under fire. It has now been put on the watch list of the United Kingdom’s action group, “Tourism Concern”.
Environmentally conscience travellers are now calling for construction to be stopped on a development they consider will lead to the destruction of eco-systems and threaten the local community.
The London-based organisation “Tourism Concern” has in its most recent efforts launched a campaign urging tourists to speak out against the construction of the Bimini Bay Resort and Casino and contact Prime Minister Perry Christie with their concerns.
On the group’s website they call on people to “please take urgent action to stop the construction of a tourist resort which threatens the people of Bimini in the Bahamas.”
“Mangroves have been bulldozed, land has been carved up, the sea floor dug up and destroyed and the North Bimini lagoon has been silted with dredge effluent,” the organisation states.
The group raised the concern that the destruction of the mangroves will endanger the habitats of species, including those of dolphins, turtles and sharks and some which are seriously threatened.
In the last few months the controversial Bimini Bay development has also come under attack from American environmentalists and the prime minister’s office and The Tribune have been bombarded with letters from protesters concerned with the island’s delicate eco-system.
Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe, however, assured The Tribune in June that government would not have approved the Bimini Bay project if it endangered the environment.
Source: The Tribune
