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Save the Waves and Peruvian surfers scored a resounding victory in early November 2004 when GREMCO developers agreed to scrap a marina proposal at La Herradura, a perfect left point break near the capitol city of Lima.
Save the Waves had been
negotiating with the developers for many
months, trying to argue that a wave would
be far more valuable for nearby real
estate than a boat harbor. The harbor
was to be built to augment a seven-thousand-home
residential development on the land adjacent
to the break.
In a conversation in October between GREMCO
president Isy Levy Calvo and Save the
Waves director Will Henry, Mr. Levy promised
to preserve the wave for eternity and
recognized the famous point's "economic
value and environmental importance." He
continued by saying that "we are
not your average developers, because
we have every intention of preserving
the features of the natural environment,
including the surfing wave." Save
the Waves received a letter in early
November, signed by Mr. Levy, promising
not to build a marina at La Herradura.
View letter: Part
I Part
II
A note of caution, however: sometimes
developers do not live up to their promises.
Save the Waves' staff and directors,
while happy about the result of the campaign,
are not letting their guard down, and
keep an open dialogue with Peruvian surfers
to assure that GREMCO honors its commitment.
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dedicated to the protection of the world's
greatest coastal resources. Please become
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