Goal to promote culture of ecology and sustainability In 2021, a stretch of Sandy Beach (extending from Playa Bonita to the third phase of Las Palomas) received Clean Beach recertification for a fourth consecutive year. Along with this feat, detailed Luis Cesar Garcia Gonzalez, director of the Federal Maritime and Land (Zofemat), the city is […]
By José Antonio Pérez In addition to Puerto Peñasco’s Level 2 Sustainable Clean Beach Certification stretching from Playa Bonita to Sandy Beach, efforts are currently underway to obtain Blue Flag certification for a 75-meter-long stretch of El Mirador beach. Luis César García González, local director of the Federal Maritime Land Zone (ZOFEMAT), explained Blue Flag […]
Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau The National Institute of Standardization and Certification determined an additional 200 meters recently certified on Sandy Beach met regulations for maintenance and expansion, thereby certifying a total of 1791 meters of clean and sustainable beach in Puerto Peñasco. The expanded certification was achieved following an audit of a 266 […]
By José Antonio Pérez Luis César García González, Operational Coordinator for ZOFEMAT (Federal Maritime Land Zone), reported Puerto Peñasco presented the ZOFEMAT Technical Committee with a 15 million peso investment proposal to go toward beach improvement projects. The funds, he detailed, represent resources yet to be used from income collected from the Federal Zone. The […]
By José Antonio Pérez Results from an environmental audit at the end of November confirm Puerto Peñasco will continue to be the only municipality in Sonora that offers a level 2 certified Clean Beach. Puerto Peñasco first achieved Clean Beach certification in March 2017, for a 1.5-kilometer stretch extending from Playa Bonita toward Las Palomas […]
Renewed flights anticipated for 2018 By José Antonio Pérez Dec. 1, 2017. Fernando Antillón Valenzuela, Director of the Mar de Cortés International Airport in Puerto Peñasco, states work persists to renew air connectivity to the city in 2018, at least with flights to Tijuana. He furthered there has also been important progress on measures to […]
Clean Beach Committee seeks to sustain clean beach certification By José Antonio Pérez Nov. 15, 2017. Public and private entities across Puerto Peñasco have reached an agreement to pursue procedures to sustain the area’s Clean Beach Certification of March 2nd, for a stretch of beach along Playa Hermosa and Sandy Beach. In a recent session […]
Puerto Peñasco granted White Flag as Sustainable Clean Beach Press Release Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. June 9, 2017. Puerto Peñasco was awarded the White Flag representing Sustainable Clean Beaches by the Federal Government during the XII National Clean Beach Meeting held in Bahías Banderas, Riviera del Estado de Nayarit. It is important to recall on March […]
By José Antonio Perez The Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) launched an intense beach clean-up campaign during the first week of November in an effort to heal coastlines while raising environmental awareness. On November 4th, members from the community of Puerto Lobos in the municipality of Caborca, joined in the […]
Dozens of environmental and civil groups, along with the local administration, are carrying out a series of actions with eyes set on obtaining clean beach certification for Puerto Peñasco. These efforts include clean-up, security measures, new regulations, and preparations. In this case, the stretch of beach meant for certification begins near Hotel Playa Bonita and […]