Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
Tashka e Laura Yawanawá: L'Amazzonia appartiene all'umanità -- proteggiamola insieme
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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(Forte espirazione)
per arrivare qui.
to the spirit of the rainforest.
della foresta pluviale.
nel territorio Yawanawá.
to the whole of humanity.
appartiene all'intera umanità.
come esseri viventi.
many of you know
che molti di voi sapranno
just the indigenous people,
non colpisce solo i nativi,
if I burn everything,
se bruciamo tutto,
comes to my country.
quando arriverà la pioggia.
to the global village.
al villaggio globale.
appartiene all'umanità,
come fanno i nativi.
as the indigenous do in the world.
di unirsi a noi.
la nostra parte.
with our hearts crying.
con i nostri cuori in lacrime.
vengono distrutte.
are being destroyed.
humanity two options.
due possibilità.
to destroy and exterminate
a mettere fine, distruggere e sterminare
our cultures that go with it.
che ne dipendono.
into an opportunity
in un'opportunità
and their cultures.
e le loro culture.
we created a life plan,
un progetto di vita
per proteggere il nostro territorio.
of how we want to secure our territory.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
di foresta pluviale.
for us to secure our land,
da fare per proteggere la nostra terra,
all civil society,
for many, many ... for centuries.
da così tanto tempo, da secoli.
to scream to the world
our territory, our nature.
il nostro territorio, la nostra natura.
sta insegnando all'umanità
i popoli nativi,
peoples directly,
le loro iniziative.
that I would love to leave to you.
che mi piacerebbe lasciarvi,
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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