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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.
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