Mexico City’s floating gardens have fed people for hundreds of years. Now they’re threatened

Mexico City’s floating gardens were built by the Aztecs – now they are under threat

The chinampas are among the significant features that led Mexico City’s historic centre to become a heritage site

Mexico City’s floating gardens have fed people for hundreds of years. Now they’re threatened

Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from encroaching urbanization.

Mexico City's floating gardens have fed people for hundreds of years. Now they're threatened

Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from encroaching urbanization.