$200m Exuma Resort Plan Slammed as ‘Catastrophic’ for Environment

$200m Exuma resort plan slammed as ‘catastrophic’ for environment

A LOCAL environmental advocate has denounced the government’s approval of the $200m Rosewood Exuma development on Sampson Cay as a “catastrophic” blow to the island’s fragile ecosystem.

Save Exuma Alliance urges government to halt Sampson Cay dredging as construction hiring begins

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- The group, operating under the umbrella Save Exuma Alliance (S.E.A.), argues that Miami-based Yntegra Group’s resort proposal — which includes a Rosewood Exuma hotel, over 90 structures, and two megayacht marinas — risks destroying a fragile ecosystem. Plans call for dredging through a 15-acre seagrass meadow at Sampson Cay. “The impact would be catastrophic,” S.E.A. said in a statement. “We are begging officials: listen to our …