The Mexican Government's Secretary for the Environment and Natural Resources confirmed, last week, that they are evaluating two new real estate projects in the Riviera Maya, said local news service, Noticaribe.

In a report last Friday, the new agency said that public consultations would be held for Proyecto Punta Carey and Club Campestre y Golf Akumal.

Proyecto Punta Carey, is a 64.4 acre (26.05 hectare) resort development consisting of 30 apartments, over 100 hotel rooms, a club house and associated buildings and services in the middle of the Riviera Maya.

Club Campestre y Golf Akumal - or Akumal Golf and Country Club - is an ambitious project consisting of over 5,000 homes and a 36 hole golf course, between Playa del Carmen and Tulum on the Riviera Maya. It would be one of the largest Akumal real estate projects to date.

Environmentalists have expressed concern that both the Riviera Maya real estate projects may damage protected mangroves and sea turtle sanctuaries in the area and the proposals are also being examined by the government's authority for environmental impact and risk assessment.