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PETITION TO THE AUTHORITIES

SUBJECT:

We insist on the immediate revocation of the permits for the Cabo Cortés Project!

THE PETITION:

We insist on the definitive cancellation of Cabo Cortés!

We, the undersigned, wish to insist on the immediate revocation of the “Cabo Cortés” tourist-real estate project. This project includes the construction of 3,655 hotel rooms and more than 7,800 houses (a total of more than 30,000 hotel-room equivalents), three golf courses and a marina with 490 slips, all of this in close proximity of the Cabo Pulmo National Park, in the Los Cabos municipality.

It was with great enthusiasm that we learned about the decision that took place on August 30th, when the Environment Ministry (SEMARNAT) ruled that the environmental permit it had previously granted for Cabo Cortes was no longer valid, and that it would decide again on granting this permit or not. We will continue to believe, however, that the Cabo Cortes Project, such as it is planned, is unsustainable and poses a serious threat to the Cabo Pulmo National Park. Our objective will only be met when the project’s permits are cancelled definitely or when they are denied.

We continue to witness, with increasing preoccupation, the way in which the State Government has assumed the project’s defense, in its new role as a promoter of particular companies, instead of focusing on the struggling tourism-related companies that sorely need help, instead of more competition. Through this letter, we also seek to invite the State Government to reconsider its position, remembering that its mission is the real, sustainable welfare of its citizens, and not the promotion of particular companies.

We remain convinced that the only sustainable development is one that occurs without dilapidating natural resources or the social context. A project like Cabo Cortés, with its massive scale (the largest in the state’s history), so very close to one of the best preserved marine ecosystems in the country, is clearly opposed to any definition of sustainability.

The Cabo Pulmo community, the federal, state and local government, academics, civil society organizations and thousands of citizens from all over the world, have invested over the past 15 years, human and material resources in the conservation of Cabo Pulmo. Today we have real, measurable results that make this place unique. Lets not risk that which we have achieved together.

It is still time to correct the mistakes that have been made and the essential first steps have been taken. Lets protect Cabo Pulmo from unsustainable, unplanned development.

Many thanks - Cabo Pulmo Vivo!

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ADDRESSED TO:

FEDERAL AUTHORITIES

C. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

Lic. Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
Secretario Federal de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente, SEMARNAT.

Dr. Luis Fueyo McDonald
Presidente - Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas.

Lic. Mauricio Limón Aguirre
Subsecretario de Gestión para la Protección Ambiental, SEMARNAT.

Ing. Eduardo Enrique González
Director General de Impacto y Riesgo Ambiental, SEMARNAT.

Lic. Patricio Patrón Laviada
Procurador Federal de Protección al Ambiente, PROFEPA.

STATE AUTHORITIES

Ing. Narciso Agúndez Montaño
Gobernador Constitucional de Baja California Sur.

Lic. Maritza Muñoz Vargas
Delegada Federal de PROFEPA en BCS.

Ing. Marco Antonio González Vizcarra
Delegado Federal, SEMARNAT BCS.

Biol. Benito Bermúdez Almada
Director de la CONANP, región península de Baja California y Pacífico Norte.

Ocean. Alejandro González Leija
Director, Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo

SENATORS

Senador Luis Coppola Joffroy
Senador por el Estado de Baja California Sur.

Senadora Josefina Cota Cota
Senadora por el Estado de Baja California Sur.

Senador Francisco Javier Obregón Espinoza
Senador por el Estado de Baja California Sur.

FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES

Dip. Estela Ponce Beltrán
Diputada Federal por el Estado de Baja California Sur.

Dip. Marcos Covarrubias
Diputado Federal por el Estado de Baja California Sur.

Dip. Víctor Castro Cosío
Diputado Federal por el Estado de Baja California Sur.

Dip. Isaías González Cuevas
Diputado Federal por el Estado de Baja California Sur.

Dip. Francisco Armando Meza Castro
Diputado Federal por el Estado de Baja California Sur.

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