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About Ana Lía Ciganda

Bachelor in Human Biology, MSc. in Integrated Coastal Management at the Universidad de la República (Uruguay) and PhD student in Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University (The Netherlands). Member of the Red Unión de la Costa since its inception.

Cities • 02.07.2025

The beach in dispute: Social movements in defence of the coastal ecosystem in Uruguay

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By: Victoria Vidal, Ana Lía Ciganda, Sandra Corbo

Uruguay’s coastal ecosystems face numerous threats – water pollution, population density, gentrification, tourism. In this article the authors explore how the social movement Red Unión de la Costa organises to address these threats.