[ [link removed] ]A graphic that reads that FONATUR wants to build the Maya Train without
consulting the local Indigenious people

European railway companies are bulldozing the Mexican rainforests -- the
Spanish and German railway companies Renfe, Ineco and Deutsche Bahn
support the Maya Train that threatens the existence of the forests,
animals and Indigenous communities.

Tell Renfe, Ineco and Deutsche Bahn to get off the Maya Train and save the
rainforests!


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John,

The Maya Train is a 1,500 km tourist megaproject that is set to bulldoze
its way through the last remaining forests of southern Mexico. And
Europe's rail companies are lining up to profit from it.

The Mexican Government is selling the destructive railway project as
progress, development and tourism. In reality, its construction is being
forced on local Indigenous people.

Communities there know building this project will only lead to an
escalation of the violent attacks they are already suffering. Along with
the forests goes their means of survival -- which is also home to 2000
jaguars.

Thanks to brave communities taking the Mexican government to court,
temporary suspensions have been imposed on some sections of the railway.
Now is the time for us to mount pressure. This is our chance to get them
to abandon the project and save the rainforests of Mexico. 

[ [link removed] ]Tell Renfe, Ineco and Deutsche Bahn to get off the Maya Train and save
the rainforests!

Construction of the tracks will destroy 23 nature reserves, passing by
UNESCO World Heritage sites. What makes matters worse, is that some
sections of the railways of the train are being built without any approved
environmental assessment -- against national and international standards. 

This is no train for the people. It is estimated that 70% of the train's
income will come from the transportation of water-polluting fuels,
soybeans and pork.

International law does not allow projects to be carried out without
consent from the indigenous communities. Even the UN criticized the sham
consultation organized by the Government of Mexico in 2019! We need to be
many to stop the catastrophic effects that this train will have on people
and the planet.  

Together, as the SumOfUs community, we have saved many rainforests. We
have bought the parts of the rainforests in Brazil to save the land of the
Tupinambá and strengthen their fight against deforestation by timber
companies -- today we can help save the Mexican rainforests! 

[ [link removed] ]Tell Renfe, Ineco and other foreign companies to stop participating in
the Maya Train!



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Thanks for all that you do,
Ildem, Alys and the team at SumOfUs


[ [link removed] ]UN Mexico rights office criticizes government on Mayan Train, Business
& Human Rights Resource Centre, 19 December 2019
[ [link removed] ]A Rainforest, Maya Ruins and the Fight Over a Tourist Train, Wall
Street Journal, 12 June 2020

 

 

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