The main threats to this ecosystem. <\/strong><\/h2>\nAt the moment, there are records of at least 2,400 cenote formations within the Yucatan Peninsula. Mega projects such as the Mayan Train and the massive hotel infrastructure not only damage the ecosystem, but also disrupt the mystical connection that the original peoples have with these places today. <\/span><\/p>\nIrresponsible tourism, the use of sunscreen, sewage, and leaks from construction materials are among the main threats to cenotes in Mexico. The main problem is that damage suffered by one reverberates towards others. And so, one of the most important aquifer systems in the country has come to less.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the Yucatan Peninsula alone, there are records of at least 2,400 cenotes interconnected with each other underground. In ancient times, the cenotes were considered sacred and extremely important for the Mayan tribe. It was believed that these large concentrations of water, which look like blue water eyes looking at the sky, were places of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":95878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10746],"tags":[27529,15023,10956,12829,27528,22622,23075,19620,18965,27527],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lavozdelmuro.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sin-titulo-1-8.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}