LU'UM K'AA NAB
Lu´um K´aa Nab A.C. was created to protect
the natural resources and the culture of the
region of Puerto Morelos. The home of Lu´um K´aa Nab A.C. rests on a 2 ½ acre plot of
land within the rich ecosystem of the Yucatan jungle. The land
was purchased in 1997, providing a space for
the organization’s various social and environmental efforts.
This land provides a space for educating the local people of
Puerto Morelos to become more self-sustainable by participating
in the growing tourism spreading from Playa del Carmen and
Cancun into Puerto Morelos. Classes offer the skills necessary
to benefit from opportunities of tourism, which include learning
English and how to create crafts (products geared towards
international markets using the natural resources of the
area.
Puerto Morelos is a small fishing town 20 miles south of Cancun. It
is largely dependent on the megatourism that has developed in the area.
There has been an explosion of Mayan farmers immigrating to this region
in search of better paying jobs with the tourism industry, creating a
huge population growth in the midst of 5 fragile ecosystems in need of
protection. They include: reef, dunes, beach, mangrove, jungle. Lu´um K´aa Nab A.C. is dedicated to addressing the major challenges
addressing the Puerto Morelos Region,
developers destroying the ecosystem. Mega developers controlling the money through all-inclusive resorts, preventing the benefits of tourism to aid the
surrounding community.
Therefore, in an effort to reduce and reverse the effects of
growing environmental pollution, the destruction of fragile
ecosystems, the deterioration of the Mayan culture and
sustainable way of living, Lu´um K´aa Nab has invested in the
following projects: Mayan Jungle Market, Mayan Jungle Spa.