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Mexican ecologists push to transform prison island into nature reserve

Waters surrounding Isla María Madre host vibrant coral reefs that have stayed relatively untouched for over 100 years.
  1. Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
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A history of punishments, torture and repression ended in March when the Mexican government closed one of the last island prisons in the Americas. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to turn the facility into a cultural and environmental education centre. But researchers are pushing for more: they want the government to fully protect the site and surrounding islands, which have remained relatively untouched for more than a century.

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Nature 568, 287-288 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01030-y

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