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Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
Tashka i Laura Yawanawá: L'Amazones és de la humanitat, protegim-lo junts
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En Tashka i la Laura Yawanawá són els líders dels Yawanawá, a l'Acre (Brasil): una tribu que administra gairebé 500.000 acres de la selva amazònica. Mentre les imatges dels incendis a l'Amazones conmocionen la conciència del món, en Tashka i la Laura fan una crida per transformar aquest moment en una oportunitat per recolzar les tribus indígenes que tenen l'experiència, coneixements i eines necessàries per protegir el territori.
Tashka and Laura Yawanawá - Leaders of the Yawanawá
Chief Tashka Yawanawá and Laura Yawanawá represent the critical perspective often missed in the discussions about the future of indigenous people in Brazil: that of the indigenous people themselves. Full bio
Chief Tashka Yawanawá and Laura Yawanawá represent the critical perspective often missed in the discussions about the future of indigenous people in Brazil: that of the indigenous people themselves. Full bio
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Tashka Yawanawá (Sharp exhale)
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Tashka Yawanawá (Exhalació forta)
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(Singing)
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(Cant)
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(Singing ends)
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(Acaba el cant)
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(Sharp exhale)
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(Exhalació forta)
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I'm Tashka Yawanawá.
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Sóc Tashka Yawanawá.
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I'm here with my wife.
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He vingut amb la meva dona.
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I come from the Yawanawá community,
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Visc a la comunitat Yawanawá,
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which is located in the state of Acre
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situada a l'estat d'Acre
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in the Brazilian Amazon.
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a l'Amazònia brasilera.
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Takes some days to arrive here.
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Es triga alguns dies per venir.
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I just did the song
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Acabo de fer la cançó
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to reconnect us
to the spirit of the rainforest.
to the spirit of the rainforest.
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per reconnectar-nos
amb l'esperit de la selva.
amb l'esperit de la selva.
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From immemorial time,
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Des de temps immemorables,
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my people live in the Yawanawá territory.
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la meva gent viu al territori Yawanawá.
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We see this holistic way
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Veiem aquesta forma holística
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of how nature is.
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de com és la natura.
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Nature, to us, belongs
to the whole of humanity.
to the whole of humanity.
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Per nosaltres, la natura
pertany a tota la humanitat.
pertany a tota la humanitat.
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And we Yawanawá see
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I nosaltres, els Yawanawá, veiem
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the environment, the forest, as alive.
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el medi ambient, el bosc,
com una cosa viva.
com una cosa viva.
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But everything is always a challenge.
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Però tot és sempre un repte.
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Mostly now, because I think
many of you know
many of you know
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Principalment ara, perquè crec
que la majoria sabeu
que la majoria sabeu
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that the Amazon now is on fire.
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que l'Amazones s'està cremant.
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That affects all of us.
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I això ens afecta a tots.
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Destroying the Amazon does not affect
just the indigenous people,
just the indigenous people,
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Destruir l'Amazones no només
afecta les persones indígenes,
afecta les persones indígenes,
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because we are all connected.
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perquè estem tots connectats.
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Whatever we do in my community,
if I burn everything,
if I burn everything,
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Qualsevol cosa que passi
a la meva comunitat, si es crema tot,
a la meva comunitat, si es crema tot,
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it's going to affect it here,
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us afectarà aquí,
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when the snow comes here at Christmas.
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quan nevi per Nadal.
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If you pollute here,
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La vostra contaminació
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it's going to affect it when the rain
comes to my country.
comes to my country.
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causarà efectes
quan plogui al meu país.
quan plogui al meu país.
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I used to say we all belong
to the global village.
to the global village.
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Abans deia que tots pertanyem
a un poble global.
a un poble global.
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I used to say, Amazon belongs to humanity,
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Abans deia que
l'Amazones pertany a la humanitat,
l'Amazones pertany a la humanitat,
i també que la humanitat ha de tenir cura,
la mateixa que els indígenes.
la mateixa que els indígenes.
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and also that humanity needs to take care
as the indigenous do in the world.
as the indigenous do in the world.
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And for this reason,
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I, per aquest motiu,
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today is a time to wake, unite us.
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avui és el moment de despertar-nos,
d'unir-nos.
d'unir-nos.
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We Yawanawá are doing our part.
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Els Yawanawá fem la nostra part.
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We take care of Mother Earth.
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Tenim cura de la mare Terra.
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And now, I will give to my wife.
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I ara, dono pas a la meva dona.
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Laura Yawanawá: We are here
with our hearts crying.
with our hearts crying.
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Laura Yawanawá:
Ens plora el cor.
Ens plora el cor.
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I am smiling here, but my heart is crying,
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Em veieu somriure,
però el cor em plora,
però el cor em plora,
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because a lot of our forests
are being destroyed.
are being destroyed.
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perquè s'estan destruint
molts dels nostres boscos.
molts dels nostres boscos.
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And I just want to give you a message.
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I només vull donar-vos un missatge.
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This crisis is giving
humanity two options.
humanity two options.
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Aquesta crisi està donant
dues opcions a la humanitat.
dues opcions a la humanitat.
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One option is you help to end,
to destroy and exterminate
to destroy and exterminate
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Una opció és que ajudeu a eliminar,
destruir i exterminar
destruir i exterminar
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all our forests and all
our cultures that go with it.
our cultures that go with it.
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tots els nostres boscos i
totes les cultures que hi van lligades.
totes les cultures que hi van lligades.
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Or, we transform this crisis
into an opportunity
into an opportunity
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O l'altra és transformar aquesta crisi
en una oportunitat
en una oportunitat
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to empower indigenous people,
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per empoderar als indígenes,
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to support indigenous people
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per donar suport als indígenes
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and to save the rainforest
and their cultures.
and their cultures.
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i per salvar la selva
i les seves cultures.
i les seves cultures.
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And how can you do that?
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I com podeu ajudar?
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We have, the Yawanawá,
we created a life plan,
we created a life plan,
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Nosaltres, els Yawanawá,
hem creat un pla de vida,
hem creat un pla de vida,
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which is our strategic planning
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que és el nostre pla estratègic
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that tells us the steps
of how we want to secure our territory.
of how we want to secure our territory.
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que ens diu els passos a seguir
per protegir el nostre territori.
per protegir el nostre territori.
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We take care of about
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
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Tenim cura d'unes
200.000 hectàrees de selva.
200.000 hectàrees de selva.
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But now it's under threat.
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Però ara està amenaçada.
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So this life plan shows the steps
for us to secure our land,
for us to secure our land,
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Aquest pla estratègic ens dona els passos
per protegir el nostre territori,
per protegir el nostre territori,
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our biodiversity,
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la nostra biodiversitat,
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our culture, our education.
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la nostra cultura, la nostra educació.
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I invite you all,
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Us convido a tots vosaltres,
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I invite all companies,
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a totes les empreses,
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I invite all governments,
all civil society,
all civil society,
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convido tots els governs,
tots els ciutadans,
tots els ciutadans,
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to listen to indigenous peoples,
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a que escolteu els indígenes,
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to go back to our roots.
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a que torneu a les vostres arrels.
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We have been here
for many, many ... for centuries.
for many, many ... for centuries.
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Hem estat aquí durant molts, molts...
durant segles.
durant segles.
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And we have been trying
to scream to the world
to scream to the world
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I hem intentat fer una crida al món
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that we need to protect
our territory, our nature.
our territory, our nature.
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que hem de protegir el nostre terrritori,
la nostra natura.
la nostra natura.
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And you never listen to us.
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I mai no ens escolteu.
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Never.
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Mai.
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I guess this crisis is teaching humanity
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Crec que aquesta crisi
està fent veure a la humanitat
està fent veure a la humanitat
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that now you need to listen to us
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que cal que ens escolteu
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and to support indigenous
peoples directly,
peoples directly,
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i que recolzeu els indígenes
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to support their initiatives directly.
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i les seves iniciatives.
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So that's the message
that I would love to leave to you.
that I would love to leave to you.
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Així que aquest és el missatge
que m'agradaria donar-vos.
que m'agradaria donar-vos.
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That indigenous people have the answer,
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Que els indígenes tenen la resposta,
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and if you want to save the Amazon,
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i que si voleu salvar l'Amazones,
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we have to take action now.
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heu de posar-vos en marxa ara.
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TY: (Sharp exhale)
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TY: (Exhalació forta)
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tashka and Laura Yawanawá - Leaders of the YawanawáChief Tashka Yawanawá and Laura Yawanawá represent the critical perspective often missed in the discussions about the future of indigenous people in Brazil: that of the indigenous people themselves.
Why you should listen
For Tashka and Laura Yawanawá, leaders of the Yawanawá people living in the Acre region of Brazil, engagement with the world begins with his people’s right to self-determination and self-worth.
The son of a former leader of the Yawanawá, as a boy Tashka witnessed the near annihilation of his culture by the New Tribes Mission and by the pressure of economic interests. He studied in the United States and visited other indigenous communities. With other tribal leaders in the Amazon, he is working to restore dignity, identity and a sustainable economic future to indigenous populations, founded on their own values, culture and definition of prosperity.
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