Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
Tashka és Laura Yawanawá: Az Amazon az egész emberiségé – védjük meg együtt!
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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to the spirit of the rainforest.
az esőerdő szellemével.
to the whole of humanity.
az egész emberiséghez tartozik.
many of you know
ahogy gondolom, sokan tudják –
just the indigenous people,
nem csak az őslakosokat érinti,
if I burn everything,
ha én mindent elégetek,
comes to my country.
amikor jön majd az eső.
to the global village.
a globális faluhoz tartozunk.
hogy Amazónia az emberiségé,
as the indigenous do in the world.
mint ahogy a bennszülöttek vigyáznak rá.
hogy felébredjünk és összefogjunk.
with our hearts crying.
are being destroyed.
humanity two options.
kínál fel az emberiség számára.
to destroy and exterminate
a kultúránk és minden, ami ezekkel jár
our cultures that go with it.
into an opportunity
and their cultures.
és az ott élők kultúráját.
we created a life plan,
elkészítettünk egy élettervet,
of how we want to secure our territory.
meg tudjuk menteni a területünket.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
for us to secure our land,
azokat a lépéseket,
a területünket, a biodiverzitásunkat,
all civil society,
minden civil társadalmat,
for many, many ... for centuries.
vagyunk itt.
to scream to the world
kiáltani a világnak,
our territory, our nature.
a területünket, a természetünket.
arra tanítja az emberiséget,
peoples directly,
a bennszülötteket,
a kezdeményezéseiket.
that I would love to leave to you.
elmondani önöknek.
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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