Jun 16
You can help here
seen from Netherlands
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Singapore
seen from Singapore
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Singapore
seen from Austria
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Australia
seen from Germany
seen from Poland
seen from United States
You can help here
¡Manifestación en CDMX para exigir que el gobierno alemán deje de financiar la planta de amoníaco GPO!
Mañana jueves 4 de junio haremos llegar nuestro mensaje al ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Alemania durante su visita a México.
📍 Altar y vigilia para salvar la Bahía de Ohuira 📅 Jueves 4 de junio, 20 horas.
Lleva una ilustración, una foto, una veladora o un objeto para el altar.
¡La bahía de Ohuira de Topolobampo, Sinaloa nos necesita!
Sign the petition!
PETITION TO DEFEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OF THE YOREME INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN MEXICO
WE OPPOSE THE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF A SWISS-GERMAN FINANCED AMMONIA PLANT IN OHUIRA BAY, SINALOA, MEXICO
A Swiss-German company called Proman, through its Mexican subsidiary Gas y Petroquímica de Occidente (GPO), is building the largest ammonia plant in Latin America right in Topolobampo's Ohuira Bay in Sinaloa, Mexico, producing 2,200 tonnes of ammonia daily, using techniques that are actually banned in the European Union. The German bank KfW IPEX-Bank is financing it to the tune of $860 million dollars.
The project will endanger the lives of people within a 15 km radius, destroy the coastal marine ecosystem, and threaten the ancestral culture of the indigenous Yoreme people. Nine UN special rapporteurs have sent letters to the Mexican government, to GPO, and to both the German and Swiss governments expressing serious concern about the environmental and human impact.
The bay of Ohuira is recognized by both Ramsar and UNESCO as one of the most valuable lagoon ecosystems in northwest Mexico. This isn't just a local issue, it's an internationally protected ecosystem. The techniques being used are actually banned in the European Union, meaning a European company is doing in Mexico what it legally couldn't do at home.
Great blue herons (Ardea herodias) share the rocky shoreline of Isla de Patos near Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico, with cormorants and other seabirds yearround.
All of the things we ate in Chicago were great, but the tasting menu at Topolobampo? For the ages.
Pacific City (Topolobampo), Sinaloa, 1890 x Albert Kimsey Owen
La labor de un pescador es constante, en ocasiones parece que nunca hay descanso. Salir de madrugada a tirar redes, esperar y levantar. El conocimiento y la experiencia es necesaria en este oficio; la población de la bahía de Topolobampo ha heredado el trabajo y otras con décadas de aprendizaje siguen pescando para su propio alimento o venta. En el malecón pescadores ofrecen camarón, jaibas y pescados a precios bajos; mientras decenas de lanchas dentro de la bahía trabajan. “La bahía está muerta” dice un trabajador de la empresa Gas y petroquímica de occidente (GPO), filial de la empresa Suizo Alemana, ProMan; la cual prepara una planta de fertilizantes a base de amoníaco en la orilla de la bahía. Comunidades como Paredones, Lázaro Cárdenas y el propio Topolobampo se han unido para evitar que se construya la fábrica por el riesgo que implica una fuga que pueda llegar a las aguas de pesca. “Aquí no” es el nombre del movimiento el cual pescadores, niños y mujeres gritan y defienden. En la imagen Tamar Álvarez recoge su red de pesca. #noalaplantadeamoniaco #topolobampo #aquino #colectivodospasosabajo https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Epkc1jqYj/?igshid=1qb3vjatfzsrg