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EDITION 15 |
Thursday, 27 April, 2023 |
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Our Voice
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Demarcation now
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Dear community, it's time for straight talk – some very straight talk.
"Without land demarcation there is no democracy." We should all take up the cry of the 2023 edition of the Free Land Camp (ATL). Every citizen of Brazil, every citizen of the planet. Because demarcating the lands of the original peoples was a constitutional ruling that should have been implemented within five years of 1988. Because it has been proven that Indigenous lands are the places where the Amazon and other biomes are best preserved. Because we need to tackle the climate crisis and, as their leaders never tire of repeating: Indigenous people account for a mere 5% of the global population but protect 80% of the planet's biodiversity. Therefore, land demarcation is not just a matter of concern for native peoples but for the Earth’s entire human population, as well as for other species and especially recent generations whose quality of life in the only home we have ever known has been drastically undermined by the destruction of nature.
This newsletter comes at a moment when the power of the original peoples represented at the Free Land Camp (ATL) in Brasilia is exploding. But each Indigenous person who is coloring Brasilia right now with their culture and language can tell us just how dramatic the situation is on the floor of the Amazon rainforest, on the floor of the Cerrado tropical savannah region, on the floor of the Caatinga semi-arid shrubland, on the floor of the Pampas grasslands, on the floor of the Pantanal tropical wetlands, on the floor of what is left of the Atlantic Forest, on the floor of each haven of nature that still stands in Brazil and is protected by indigenous people, by so-called quilombolas (descendants of escaped enslaved Afro-Brazilians), by the traditional forest communities known as ribeirinhos, and by all of the enormous variety of traditional communities that live in the conflicted territory known as Brazil.
We have a duty to our community of readers to always talk straight–very straight. The war on nature in Brazil did not lessen once Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Workers’ Party moved into government. To the contrary, as deforestation figures have shown. That's what I'm writing to you about.
We wish you loads of strength in the times that are already upon us and a lot of kindness in order to create the future we dream of.
Eliane Brum
Co-Creator of SUMAÚMA |
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Podcast
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Sonia Guajajara in a indigenous to indigenous chat
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On the eve of the 2023 edition of the Free Land Camp (ATL), the Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara talks with Elizângela Baré and Maickson Serrão about the indigenous agenda during the first 100 days of Lula’s third mandate as President. (Portuguese only) |
SUMAÚMA Radio
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