Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
Ташка и Лаура Яванава: Амазония принадлежит человечеству, так защитим же её вместе
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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лишь за несколько дней.
to the spirit of the rainforest.
to the whole of humanity.
many of you know
ведь как многие из вас знают,
just the indigenous people,
на проживающих там поселенцев,
if I burn everything,
если выжечь все леса,
comes to my country.
с дождём в моей стране.
to the global village.
принадлежим к глобальной деревне.
принадлежит всему человечеству,
as the indigenous do in the world.
заботиться о планете так, как туземцы.
и объединить наши усилия.
with our hearts crying.
сердца наши разбиты.
are being destroyed.
humanity two options.
to destroy and exterminate
к кончине, разрушению и истреблению
our cultures that go with it.
поселений и их культур.
into an opportunity
коренным народам,
and their cultures.
являющиеся их частью.
we created a life plan,
of how we want to secure our territory.
чтобы сохранить нашу территорию.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
200 000 гектаров тропических лесов.
for us to secure our land,
шаги для нас, чтобы защитить нашу землю,
all civil society,
гражданское общество
for many, many ... for centuries.
to scream to the world
our territory, our nature.
peoples directly,
that I would love to leave to you.
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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