Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
塔什卡·亚瓦纳瓦 和 劳拉·亚瓦纳瓦: 亚马逊属于全人类——请一起保护它
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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(尖声呼气)
to the spirit of the rainforest.
是属于全人类的。
to the whole of humanity.
many of you know
just the indigenous people,
if I burn everything,
如果一切被烧毁,
comes to my country.
to the global village.
像原住民一样保护它。
as the indigenous do in the world.
with our hearts crying.
我们站在这里,我们的心在哭泣。
are being destroyed.
humanity two options.
to destroy and exterminate
结束、摧毁和灭绝
our cultures that go with it.
into an opportunity
and their cultures.
we created a life plan,
制定了一个生命计划,
of how we want to secure our territory.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
for us to secure our land,
如何保护土地、
all civil society,
for many, many ... for centuries.
很多很多个世纪。
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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