Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
Tashka și Laura Yawanawá: Amazonul aparține umanității - să îl protejăm împreună
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.
cu spiritul pădurii tropicale.
trăiește pe teritoriul Yawanawá.
to the whole of humanity.
aparține întregii omeniri.
pădurea ca fiind pline de viață.
many of you know
deoarece cred că mulți dintre voi
just the indigenous people,
nu afectează doar popoarele indigene,
if I burn everything,
dacă am arde totul,
comes to my country.
atunci când o să plouă.
to the global village.
că aparținem cu toții unui sat global.
că Amazonul aparține umanității,
as the indigenous do in the world.
precum o fac indigenii în toată lumea.
ne facem partea noastră.
with our hearts crying.
cu inimile plângând.
are being destroyed.
sunt distruse.
humanity two options.
to destroy and exterminate
la distrugerea și exterminarea
our cultures that go with it.
și tuturor culturilor aferente.
into an opportunity
într-o oportunitate
and their cultures.
și culturile acestea.
we created a life plan,
am creat un plan de viață,
of how we want to secure our territory.
prin care să ne protejăm teritoriul.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
de pădure tropicală.
for us to secure our land,
pentru a menține în siguranță regiunea,
all civil society,
și toată societatea civilă,
for many, many ... for centuries.
to scream to the world
our territory, our nature.
teritoriul nostru, natura noastră.
peoples directly,
popoarele indigene,
that I would love to leave to you.
pe care aș vrea să vi-l transmit.
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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