• Acanthocephala • Brasiliparodia • Eriocephala • Notocactus • Wigginsia •
The Punta Ballena headland is probably the place with the greatest variety of cacti in Uruguay and is therefore of inestimable value. Unfortunately, there are currently plans to build almost the entire area with 29 buildings (= 320 apartments) plus infrastructure. This would also require large amounts of the rock there to be removed.
A committed citizens' organization (https://somospuntaballena.org/) is running a petition with the help of many experts to preserve Punta Ballena as a nature reserve and regularly organizes discussion events on the topic
This somospuntaballena initiative has to raise a lot of money every month for the public relations work for its petition, as well as the information and discussion events. This is only possible through constant calls for donations - please support the commitment of this organization with your donation:
In the INTERNOTO magazine 2/2024, numerous authors report on the headland, its botanical diversity and the threats posed by the planned development. As additional support for the somospuntaballena initiative, we offer this themed INTERNOTO magazine also as a free PDF version in Spanish for download!
Contenido:
Themenheft: Punta Ballena - ein Standort in Gefahr. Aus dem Inhalt: Prof. Fabian Muñoz und Juan González: Gegenwart und Zukunft von Punta Ballena – ein Bericht über die aktuelle Situation: Das nationale Erbe „Rücken des Wals“ ist in Gefahr! (Seite 35-43) Dr. W.-R. Abraham Mein Besuch der Punta Ballena vor 40 Jahren (Seite 44-51) Federico Díaz: Die Bedrohungen der Punta Ballena (Seite 51-54) Andrés Gonzalez: Für welche Pflanzen ist die Punta Ballena ein wichtiger Ort? (Seite 54-57) W. Duarte de Barros und F. Díaz Die Kakteen von Punta Ballena – Widerstand leisten für einen besonderen Standort (Seite 58-64) Wolfgang Prauser Die „alten“ Arten der Gattung Notocactus - Echinocactus apricus = Echinocactus caespitosus? (Seite 65-74) A.Pollero, J.Garlo, C.Alamon, M.Zabaleta Der Umweltkonflikt...