In compliance with the Baja California Cultural Heritage Preservation Law and following the Declaration of La Rumorosa, as an Area of Natural and Cultural Beauty; the Secretary General of the Government of the entity, Amador Rodrguez Lozano, explained that the polygon to be declared consists of 11 thousand hectares that minimally impact the lands of the Jacum, Emiliano Zapata-La Rosita, Cordillera Molina and Gustavo Aubanel ejidos. We are talking about that, on average, less than three percent of the area that was granted to the ejidos is the object of said Declaration.
In addition to highlighting that the declaration adheres to articles five and six of the aforementioned Law, the official recalled that State Cultural Heritage Council It is a collegiate body made up of members of various public agencies, which guarantees that a panel of technical experts will determine the origin of the Declaration in accordance with the best practices in historiography, geology, architecture, ecology and culture, among others.
The declaration
For his part, Secretary of Culture and general director of the Institute of Culture, Pedro Ochoa Palacio, pointed out that even when the ICBC has the function of instructing the procedure, the technical opinion, the viability of the Declaration and the approval of this, is in charge of the Council of Cultural Heritage of the entity.
There could be a legitimate concern regarding the contracts that some ejidos have with electricity companies, however, it has been clarified in the different meetings held with the members of the ejidos that there is no impact on the possession of their property, they are not canceled. productive projects, nor is land use modified; The Declaration does not produce retroactive effects with the rights and commitments previously acquired by the possessors or owners, reiterate.
It also stated that the Declaration seeks protect the landscape that provides identity to Baja CaliforniansTherefore, it is necessary to listen and clear doubts from the ejidatarios, in order to achieve a consensual surface.
The cultural value of La Rumorosa
Ochoa Palacio, also listed three dimensions that constitute cultural value of La Rumorosa.
- The cultural value that it has for the first settlers of Baja California, whose space became an essential part of their worldview and their survival.
- The value it has for Baja Californians, who recognize its beauty and are proud to have to cross it to travel through the State, since it is the point that connects the Valley of Mexicali and its city with the rest of the municipalities of the entity, constituting as part of their memory and identity.
- The value of national and international recognition for its unique landscape, its flora, fauna and its stony nature that gives it a unique majesty.
By Atahualpa Garibay
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