Fishers, scientists restore mangroves on a Mexican isle wrecked by salt mining

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Fishers, scientists restore mangroves on a Mexican isle wrecked by salt mining

In recent decades, salt extraction has taken its toll on the mangroves and wetlands of Isla del Carmen, in the Mexican municipality of Loreto. Since the start of the 20th century, salt mining even led to the creation of a town for workers traveling back and forth every day by boat. The industry boom ended in the 1980s, leaving only the ruins of buildings, machinery, a church and a dock. The island, situated in the Gulf of California, hasn’t been…