In Brazilië heeft de uiterst corrupte regering Temer de subsidie voor FUNAI stopgezet*, een organisatie die stammen (veelal stammen die nooit contact hadden met de ‘beschaafde wereld’) in het oerwoud moet beschermen tegen het geteisem dat de oerwouden platgooit dan wel verbrandt teneinde daar een paar jaar bijvoorbeeld soja te kunnen telen voor o.a. onze gigantische veestapel (Nederland is nummer 2 importeur van gentech soja). Dat is dan ook de reden, dat de wezenloze PvdA sierkwast Koenders z’n mond over deze zaak houdt.
Gisteren ontving ik van Survival International, een petitie met daarin een schreeuw om hulp van sjamaan Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, lees het onthutsende verhaal van Yanomami, teken de petitie en geef het ajb door:
Davi
Yanomami asks: “Please help us”
A
genocide is unfolding in our country, Brazil.
Our
government is destroying us indigenous peoples, our country’s first
people. In the name of profit and power, our land is being stolen,
our forests burned, our rivers polluted and our communities
devastated. Our uncontacted relatives, who live deep in the forest,
are being attacked and killed.
Our
government is axing the protection of our land, it is changing the
law to allow agribusiness and mining to take over, and it is trying
to silence our opposition. This is the most aggressive attack we have
experienced in our lifetimes.
But
we won’t be silenced. We do not want the riches of our land to be
stolen and sold. For as long as we can remember, we have looked after
our lands. We protect our forest, as it gives us life.
We
indigenous brothers and sisters of more than 200 different tribes are
coming together in protest. From the heart of the Amazon rainforest,
we are crying out to you. At this time of emergency, we need you.
Please tell our government that our land is not for
stealing.
Please
help us! And help our planet.
Davi
Kopenawa Yanomami, Yanomami leader and shaman
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Stop the attack on indigenous peoples
Your
Excellency,
Your government is putting indigenous peoples’
lives and lands in extreme danger.
I am outraged by the
proposed bills and constitutional amendments, including PEC 215,
which could block the protection of indigenous territories, and
escalate violent land conflicts which are already killing Indians
nationwide.
And I am extremely concerned that you are holding
back funding for the government teams protecting uncontacted tribes’
land from invasions. Their presence is often the only barrier to the
genocide of indigenous people.
I urge you to ensure
immediately that your government upholds Brazilian and
international law and protects the lands of indigenous peoples
nationwide.
Sincerely,
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* Zie; ‘Koenders: genocide anno 2017 >> Braziliaanse stammen Amazoneregenwoud krijgen doodvonnis opgelegd…….‘