Abstract

GONZALEZ FONSECA, Fredy Ismael  and  HERRERA MEJIA, Carlos Moisés. Environmental approach as a human right: Malecón Tajamar case, Cancún. Derecho glob. Estud. sobre derecho justicia [online]. 2023, vol.8, n.24, pp.67-99.  Epub Aug 18, 2023. ISSN 2448-5136.  https://doi.org/10.32870/dgedj.v8i24.457.

Environmental law is one of the foundations for sustainability, which is why the full realization of its objectives are urgently increasing due to growing environmental pressures. Violations of environmental law hamper the achievement of all dimensions of sustainable development. The objective of this work is to design an alternative legal route that contributes to the protection of Mexican ecosystems and the social right to a healthy environment based on the existing legal framework. Under a qualitative research approach and the case study method, documentary research is anchored in a legal framework related to environmental law. Everything indicates that there was an environmental devastation, which caused damage to the flora and fauna, favoring foreign investment for mass tourism activity, undermining the right to a healthy environment and its repercussions on the social environment of Cancún, México.

Keywords : environmental law; environmental impact; aquatic ecosystem; tourism.