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Tourism deal puts one of Egypt's last wild shores at risk
Egypt prioritizes tourism investment amid economic crisis despite risks to endangered species and fragile ecosystems in one of its last wild Red Sea beaches, conservationists warn.
- In March, excavators began work on Ras Hankorab beach inside Wadi al-Gemal National Park, prompting reserve staff and conservationists to sound the alarm.
- Amid its worst economic crisis in decades, Egypt is betting big on its 3,000 kilometres of coastline, and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi allocated 174,400 square kilometres of Red Sea land in June.
- At a meeting, officials failed to identify the developer and no environmental impact report was produced, prompting Mahmoud Hanafy to warn, `Only certain kinds of tourism development work for a beach like this`.
- Parliamentary requests have gone unanswered for months, but insiders say the plans remain alive as the environment ministry’s protest halted work.
- Off Ras Hankorab, endangered green turtles weave among climate-resilient coral gardens, while the UN Development Programme warned tourism growth had 'largely been at the expense of the environment.
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Tourism deal puts one of Egypt’s last wild shores at risk
WADI AL GEMAL NATIONAL PARK: In Egypt’s Wadi Al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea’s last wild shores. Off Ras Hankorab, the endangered green turtles weave between coral gardens that marine biologists call among the most resilient to climate change in the world. By night in nesting season,
·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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