Colliding worlds
Yanomami elder Davi Kopemawa Yanomami warns, "If the forest is destroyed, there will be no rain. Without rain, there is nothing to drink or eat."11
Davi Kopemawa Yanomami at the Fight for Life Camp, Brasilia, Brazil, August 24, 2021. Photo by Kamikia Kisedje.
Meanwhile, corporations that supply much of our world with soy, beef, wood, minerals and chemicals perceive that their survival depends on destroying the forest. Reality is complex. Some people in the Amazon perceive that their survival depends on jobs that cause deforestation.12
How/can we commit to the systemic transformations required to protect Nature for the benefit of all people and the Earth?
We await the Brazilian Supreme Court's decision. If it supports Santa Catarina's case (and PL 490/2007), why hold COP26?
Links with more info:
- boficial.org
- Follow the money supporting deforestation: https://forestsandfinance.org/; Click Here
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- "When Two Worlds Collide," Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel's 2016 documentary about Peru's response to Indigenous tribes' rights in the Peruvian Amazon.
- Kamikia Kisedje's video, posted June 21, 2021, shows one area of the Amazon rainforest flattened between April 3 and May 16. Click Here
Petitions in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in Brazil and beyond
REFERENCES
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- Debora Alvares and David Biller, "Brazil's Indigenous march to pressure court on land ruling," AP News, August 25, 2021. Click Here
- "Keeping an Eye on the Ruralists," by Mariana Franco Ramos, De Olho nos Ruralistras, August 27, 2021.
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- https://maaproject.org
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- Priscilla Arroyo, "Multinacionais sao financiadoras ocultas da Frente Parlamentar da Agropecuaria," De Olho Nos Ruralistas, 21/05/2019 (updated 16/06/2020). English: "Multinationals are hidden funders of the Parliamentary Agricultural Front."
- https://www.stopecocide.earth
- www.OurWeb.tech/letter-12; www.OurWeb.tech/letter-16; www.OurWeb.tech/letter-21. See also "What's Wrong with Wind and Solar?" by Mark Mills September 14, 2020, www.bit.ly/Unobtanium-video
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- "Misgovernment turned genocide into a project and found an echo, says indigenous teacher," by Mariana Franco Ramos, De Olho nos Ruralistas, 6.26.21. Click Here
Katie Singer writes about the energy, extractions, toxic waste and greenhouse gases involved in manufacturing computers, telecom infrastructure, electric vehicles and other electronic technologies. She believes that if she's not aware that she's part of the problem, then she can't be part of the solution. She dreams that every smartphone user learns about the supply chain of one substance (of 1000+) in a smartphone. Her most recent book is An Electronic Silent Spring. She currently writes about nature, democracy and technology for Wall Street International Magazine. Visit www.OurWeb.tech and www.ElectronicSilentSpring.com.
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