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Comment les colons israéliens, soutenus par l’armée, ont rayé un village palestinien de la carte
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La dernière famille du village palestinien de Yanoun a quitté sa maison et ses terres la semaine dernière. Le village rejoint ainsi la liste croissante des communautés qui ont été rayées de la carte par
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Ciclo de Cinema Ambiental II 🎥 “A Queda do Céu”
Rizoma, quarta-feira, 17 de dezembro às 20:00 GMT
Ciclo de Cinema Ambiental II
A primeira sessão do Segundo Ciclo de Cinema Ambiental é já dia17 de dezembro, quarta-feira.
🎥 “A Queda do Céu” (2024)
📽️ Realização: Eryk Rocha e Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha. Produzido pela @aruacfilmes e distribuído pela @rediancefilms
🎬 Programação e Produção: Lídia Mello @lidiaarsmello @elasfilmam
A partir do testemunho do xamã e líder Yanomami Davi Kopenawa, o filme “A Queda do Céu” acompanha o importante ritual, Reahu, que mobiliza a comunidade de Watorikɨ num esforço coletivo para segurar o céu. O filme faz uma contundente crítica xamânica sobre aqueles chamados por Kopenawa de povo da mercadoria, assim como sobre o garimpo ilegal e a mistura mortal de epidemias trazidas por forasteiros que os Yanomami chamam de epidemias “xawara”, e traz em primeiro plano a beleza da cosmologia Yanomami, dos espíritos xapiri e sua força geopolítica que nos convida a sonhar longe.
⏳ duração de 1h48 min
💬 falado em língua indígena
🌍 legendas em Português e Inglês
Debate com @todos_tortos Margarida Serrano, Coordenadora de Produção do filme.
📍Cave Cultural da Rizoma
Anjos, Lisboa
🗓️ 17 de dezembro
⏰ 20h - 23h
🎟️ Entrada livre, sujeita a lotação da sala. Inscrição no link da bio
👉 Este evento integra o programa de atividades do Projeto Semear o Futuro, da Cooperativa Rizoma, com o apoio do Programa BIP/ZIP 2025 – Parceiras Locais – CML.https://eventos.coletivos.org/event/ciclo-de-cinema-ambiental-ii-a-queda-do-ceu
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#1girl #alternate_costume #animated #bead_bracelet #beads #black_choker #blonde_hair #blue_necktie #bracelet #choker #commentary_request #cosplay #dress_shirt #ear_piercing #hair_ornament #hairclip #hand_on_own_hip #jewelry #kitagawa_marin #kitagawa_marin_(cosplay) #looking_at_viewer #making-of #miyahara_takuya #mole #mole_under_eye #necktie #piercing #pleated_skirt #pointing #pointing_at_self #red_eyes #ring #school_uniform #shirobako #shirt #simple_background #skirt #solo #sono_bisque_doll_wa_koi_wo_suru #thigh_gap #tied_shirt #twintails #video #white_background #white_shirt #yano_erika https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7277314
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🔴 #A7Radio > #Games > #LIV3DByNight ✅
Nouvel épisode plein de surprises !
Faites vos jeux ! 🎲Au Programme cette semaine, les matchs seront pour... 9 Points !!!!
> Abomination & Suicide Vs Jarod & ChaKal
> Parisian Boy & Yano Park Vs Abysse & Dark Rayman
> Marc Bugger Vs Zack Coutain
Découvrez les résultats ! 🔥
https://livedbynight.blogspot.com#MastoGames #World #Travel #Voyages #France #Photography #Live #Podcast #Wrestling #Catch #Blogger #Gaming #yakihonne #jumble #Pixelfed
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Ce soir mardi Moribito un docteur de la terre
projection du film « Moribito un docteur de la terre » Aux Fruits Défendus rue Paul Jean Beranger Pourquoi les plantes s'affaiblissent-elles partout ? Pourquoi les créatures diminuent-elles des montagnes à la mer ? Pourquoi les catastrophes dues aux fortes pluies deviennent-elles plus graves chaque année ? M. Yano, paysagiste appelé "Docteur de la Terre", en a compris la raison.
http://mursapeches.blog/2025/07/22/ce-soir-mardi-moribito-un-docteur-de-la-terre/
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Indigenous Empowerment to Reverse Amazonia’s Mineral Demand
Illegal #mining for minerals like #gold and cassiterite, the latter used for renewable energy, is driving #deforestation in Indigenous #Amazonia. Countries like #Brazil, #Suriname and #Guyana face the challenge of conserving forests, protecting #indigenous peoples, biodiversity whilst also meeting international resource demands. Empowering indigenous peoples to care for biodiversity rich areas of Amazonia is key to saving them for future generations. Act now to protect Indigenous lands and wildlife. #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife.
The drive for #mineral #mining in #Amazonia is driving #indigenous peoples and endangered #animals towards #extinction. Help and fight for them when you #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect @barbaranavarro https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8TF
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Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Lecturer, International Relations, University of St Andrews. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Mining for gold in Suriname. Yolanda Ariadne Collins, CC BY-NC-NDIllegal mining for critical minerals needed for the global renewable energy transition is increasingly driving deforestation in Indigenous lands in the Amazon.
In recent years, these illegal miners, who are often self-employed, mobile and working covertly, have expanded their gold mining operations to include cassiterite or “black gold”, a critical mineral essential for the renewable energy transition. Cassiterite is used to make coatings for solar panels, wind turbines and other electronic devices. Brazil, one of the world’s largest exporters of this mineral, is now scrambling to manage this new threat to its Amazon forests.
The need for developing countries such as Brazil to conserve their forests for the collective global good conflicts with the increasing demand for their resources from international markets. To complicate matters further, both the renewable energy transition and the conservation of the Amazon are urgent priorities in the global effort to arrest climate change.
But escalating deforestation puts these forests at risk of moving from a carbon sink – with trees absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they release – to a carbon source, whereby trees release more carbon dioxide than they absorb as they degrade or are burnt.
Indigenous and other forest-dwelling communities are central to forest conservation. In 2014, I spent a year living in Guyana and Suriname, two of the nine countries that share the Amazon basin. I studied the effectiveness of international policies that aim to pay these countries to avoid deforestation.
I met with members of communities who were bearing the brunt of the negative effects of small-scale gold mining, such as mercury poisoning and loss of hunting grounds. For decades, mining for gold, which threatens communities’ food supply and traditional ways of life, has been the main driver of deforestation in both countries.
Small-scale mining operations can damage both communities and the natural world. Gold mining, which generates gold for export used for jewellery and electronics, usually begins with the removal of trees and vegetation from the topsoil, facilitated by mechanical equipment such as excavators. Next, the miners dig up sediment, which gets washed with water to extract any loose flecks of gold.
Miners usually then add mercury, a substance that’s known to be toxic and incredibly damaging to human health, to washing pans to bind the gold together and separate it from the sediment. They then burn the mercury away, using lighters and welding gear. During this process, mercury is inhaled by miners and washed into nearby waterways, where it can enter the food chain and poison fish and other species, including humans.
My new book, Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance in the Amazonian Guiana Shield, highlights the colonial histories through which these countries were created. These histories continue to inform the land-use practices of people and forest users there. Having seen the dynamics firsthand, I argue that these unaddressed histories limit the effectiveness of international policies aimed at reducing deforestation.
Some of the policies’ limitations are rooted in their inattentiveness to the roughly five centuries of colonialism through which these countries were formed. These histories had seen forests act as places of refuge and resistance for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities. I believe that power structures created by these histories need to be tackled through processes of decolonisation, which includes removing markets from their central place in processes of valuing nature, and taking seriously the worldviews of Indigenous and other forest-dependent communities.
But since 2014, small-scale mining-led deforestation in the Amazon has persisted, and even increased. The increase in mining worldwide, driven partly by the renewable energy transition, indicates that these power structures might be harder to shift than ever before.
Added pressure
When crackdowns on illegal gold mining took place in Brazil in the 1970s and ’80s, miners moved en masse to nearby Guyana and Suriname, taking their environmentally destructive technologies with them. Illegal miners of cassiterite are now following a similar pattern, showing that the global effort to reduce deforestation cannot simply focus on a single commodity as a driver of deforestation on the ground.
My work shows that the challenge of mining-led deforestation in the Amazon is rooted in historically informed, global power structures that position the Amazon and its resources as available for extraction by industries and governments in wealthier countries. These groups of people are now seeking to reduce their disproportionately high emissions through technological solutions and not through behavioural change.
These tensions also have roots in the readiness of governments and forest users in postcolonial countries, like Brazil and Guyana, to respond positively and unquestioningly to international demand for these resources.
In the Amazon, outcomes are affected by whether different groups of people have access to livelihoods that do not drive deforestation, such as those based on non-timber forest products. The situation is further shaped by the extent to which governments can work together to ensure that crackdowns in one part of the Amazon, such as Brazil, do not just drive deforestation elsewhere to Suriname, for example.
Until the power structure that disadvantages Indigenous and other historically marginalised groups changes, the negative effects of developing technologies to “save” the planet will continue to disproportionately burden these groups, even as their current way of life remains critical to supporting sustainable development outcomes.
Written by Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Lecturer, International Relations, University of St Andrews. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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Indigenous Empowerment to Reverse Amazonia’s Mineral Demand
Illegal #mining for minerals like #gold and cassiterite, the latter used for renewable energy, is driving #deforestation in Indigenous #Amazonia. Countries like #Brazil, #Suriname and #Guyana face the challenge of conserving forests, protecting #indigenous peoples, biodiversity whilst also meeting international resource demands. Empowering indigenous peoples to care for biodiversity rich areas of Amazonia is key to saving them for future generations. Act now to protect Indigenous lands and wildlife. #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife.
The drive for #mineral #mining in #Amazonia is driving #indigenous peoples and endangered #animals towards #extinction. Help and fight for them when you #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect @barbaranavarro https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8TF
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Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Lecturer, International Relations, University of St Andrews. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Mining for gold in Suriname. Yolanda Ariadne Collins, CC BY-NC-NDIllegal mining for critical minerals needed for the global renewable energy transition is increasingly driving deforestation in Indigenous lands in the Amazon.
In recent years, these illegal miners, who are often self-employed, mobile and working covertly, have expanded their gold mining operations to include cassiterite or “black gold”, a critical mineral essential for the renewable energy transition. Cassiterite is used to make coatings for solar panels, wind turbines and other electronic devices. Brazil, one of the world’s largest exporters of this mineral, is now scrambling to manage this new threat to its Amazon forests.
The need for developing countries such as Brazil to conserve their forests for the collective global good conflicts with the increasing demand for their resources from international markets. To complicate matters further, both the renewable energy transition and the conservation of the Amazon are urgent priorities in the global effort to arrest climate change.
But escalating deforestation puts these forests at risk of moving from a carbon sink – with trees absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they release – to a carbon source, whereby trees release more carbon dioxide than they absorb as they degrade or are burnt.
Indigenous and other forest-dwelling communities are central to forest conservation. In 2014, I spent a year living in Guyana and Suriname, two of the nine countries that share the Amazon basin. I studied the effectiveness of international policies that aim to pay these countries to avoid deforestation.
I met with members of communities who were bearing the brunt of the negative effects of small-scale gold mining, such as mercury poisoning and loss of hunting grounds. For decades, mining for gold, which threatens communities’ food supply and traditional ways of life, has been the main driver of deforestation in both countries.
Small-scale mining operations can damage both communities and the natural world. Gold mining, which generates gold for export used for jewellery and electronics, usually begins with the removal of trees and vegetation from the topsoil, facilitated by mechanical equipment such as excavators. Next, the miners dig up sediment, which gets washed with water to extract any loose flecks of gold.
Miners usually then add mercury, a substance that’s known to be toxic and incredibly damaging to human health, to washing pans to bind the gold together and separate it from the sediment. They then burn the mercury away, using lighters and welding gear. During this process, mercury is inhaled by miners and washed into nearby waterways, where it can enter the food chain and poison fish and other species, including humans.
My new book, Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance in the Amazonian Guiana Shield, highlights the colonial histories through which these countries were created. These histories continue to inform the land-use practices of people and forest users there. Having seen the dynamics firsthand, I argue that these unaddressed histories limit the effectiveness of international policies aimed at reducing deforestation.
Some of the policies’ limitations are rooted in their inattentiveness to the roughly five centuries of colonialism through which these countries were formed. These histories had seen forests act as places of refuge and resistance for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities. I believe that power structures created by these histories need to be tackled through processes of decolonisation, which includes removing markets from their central place in processes of valuing nature, and taking seriously the worldviews of Indigenous and other forest-dependent communities.
But since 2014, small-scale mining-led deforestation in the Amazon has persisted, and even increased. The increase in mining worldwide, driven partly by the renewable energy transition, indicates that these power structures might be harder to shift than ever before.
Added pressure
When crackdowns on illegal gold mining took place in Brazil in the 1970s and ’80s, miners moved en masse to nearby Guyana and Suriname, taking their environmentally destructive technologies with them. Illegal miners of cassiterite are now following a similar pattern, showing that the global effort to reduce deforestation cannot simply focus on a single commodity as a driver of deforestation on the ground.
My work shows that the challenge of mining-led deforestation in the Amazon is rooted in historically informed, global power structures that position the Amazon and its resources as available for extraction by industries and governments in wealthier countries. These groups of people are now seeking to reduce their disproportionately high emissions through technological solutions and not through behavioural change.
These tensions also have roots in the readiness of governments and forest users in postcolonial countries, like Brazil and Guyana, to respond positively and unquestioningly to international demand for these resources.
In the Amazon, outcomes are affected by whether different groups of people have access to livelihoods that do not drive deforestation, such as those based on non-timber forest products. The situation is further shaped by the extent to which governments can work together to ensure that crackdowns in one part of the Amazon, such as Brazil, do not just drive deforestation elsewhere to Suriname, for example.
Until the power structure that disadvantages Indigenous and other historically marginalised groups changes, the negative effects of developing technologies to “save” the planet will continue to disproportionately burden these groups, even as their current way of life remains critical to supporting sustainable development outcomes.
Written by Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Lecturer, International Relations, University of St Andrews. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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Read moreAn Action Plan for Amazon Droughts: The Time is Now!
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Read moreAnthropologist and Author Dr Sophie Chao
Read moreHealth Physician Dr Evan Allen
Read moreThe World’s Most Loved Cup: A Social, Ethical & Environmental History of Coffee by Aviary Doert
Read moreHow do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy
Read more3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time you’re in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.
https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20
https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20
https://twitter.com/mugabe139/status/1678027567977078784?s=20
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Indigenous Empowerment to Reverse Amazonia’s Mineral Demand
Illegal #mining for minerals like #gold and cassiterite, the latter used for renewable energy, is driving #deforestation in Indigenous #Amazonia. Countries like #Brazil, #Suriname and #Guyana face the challenge of conserving forests, protecting #indigenous peoples, biodiversity whilst also meeting international resource demands. Empowering indigenous peoples to care for biodiversity rich areas of Amazonia is key to saving them for future generations. Act now to protect Indigenous lands and wildlife. #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife.
The drive for #mineral #mining in #Amazonia is driving #indigenous peoples and endangered #animals towards #extinction. Help and fight for them when you #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect @barbaranavarro https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8TF
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Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Lecturer, International Relations, University of St Andrews. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Mining for gold in Suriname. Yolanda Ariadne Collins, CC BY-NC-NDIllegal mining for critical minerals needed for the global renewable energy transition is increasingly driving deforestation in Indigenous lands in the Amazon.
In recent years, these illegal miners, who are often self-employed, mobile and working covertly, have expanded their gold mining operations to include cassiterite or “black gold”, a critical mineral essential for the renewable energy transition. Cassiterite is used to make coatings for solar panels, wind turbines and other electronic devices. Brazil, one of the world’s largest exporters of this mineral, is now scrambling to manage this new threat to its Amazon forests.
The need for developing countries such as Brazil to conserve their forests for the collective global good conflicts with the increasing demand for their resources from international markets. To complicate matters further, both the renewable energy transition and the conservation of the Amazon are urgent priorities in the global effort to arrest climate change.
But escalating deforestation puts these forests at risk of moving from a carbon sink – with trees absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they release – to a carbon source, whereby trees release more carbon dioxide than they absorb as they degrade or are burnt.
Indigenous and other forest-dwelling communities are central to forest conservation. In 2014, I spent a year living in Guyana and Suriname, two of the nine countries that share the Amazon basin. I studied the effectiveness of international policies that aim to pay these countries to avoid deforestation.
I met with members of communities who were bearing the brunt of the negative effects of small-scale gold mining, such as mercury poisoning and loss of hunting grounds. For decades, mining for gold, which threatens communities’ food supply and traditional ways of life, has been the main driver of deforestation in both countries.
Small-scale mining operations can damage both communities and the natural world. Gold mining, which generates gold for export used for jewellery and electronics, usually begins with the removal of trees and vegetation from the topsoil, facilitated by mechanical equipment such as excavators. Next, the miners dig up sediment, which gets washed with water to extract any loose flecks of gold.
Miners usually then add mercury, a substance that’s known to be toxic and incredibly damaging to human health, to washing pans to bind the gold together and separate it from the sediment. They then burn the mercury away, using lighters and welding gear. During this process, mercury is inhaled by miners and washed into nearby waterways, where it can enter the food chain and poison fish and other species, including humans.
My new book, Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance in the Amazonian Guiana Shield, highlights the colonial histories through which these countries were created. These histories continue to inform the land-use practices of people and forest users there. Having seen the dynamics firsthand, I argue that these unaddressed histories limit the effectiveness of international policies aimed at reducing deforestation.
Some of the policies’ limitations are rooted in their inattentiveness to the roughly five centuries of colonialism through which these countries were formed. These histories had seen forests act as places of refuge and resistance for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities. I believe that power structures created by these histories need to be tackled through processes of decolonisation, which includes removing markets from their central place in processes of valuing nature, and taking seriously the worldviews of Indigenous and other forest-dependent communities.
But since 2014, small-scale mining-led deforestation in the Amazon has persisted, and even increased. The increase in mining worldwide, driven partly by the renewable energy transition, indicates that these power structures might be harder to shift than ever before.
Added pressure
When crackdowns on illegal gold mining took place in Brazil in the 1970s and ’80s, miners moved en masse to nearby Guyana and Suriname, taking their environmentally destructive technologies with them. Illegal miners of cassiterite are now following a similar pattern, showing that the global effort to reduce deforestation cannot simply focus on a single commodity as a driver of deforestation on the ground.
My work shows that the challenge of mining-led deforestation in the Amazon is rooted in historically informed, global power structures that position the Amazon and its resources as available for extraction by industries and governments in wealthier countries. These groups of people are now seeking to reduce their disproportionately high emissions through technological solutions and not through behavioural change.
These tensions also have roots in the readiness of governments and forest users in postcolonial countries, like Brazil and Guyana, to respond positively and unquestioningly to international demand for these resources.
In the Amazon, outcomes are affected by whether different groups of people have access to livelihoods that do not drive deforestation, such as those based on non-timber forest products. The situation is further shaped by the extent to which governments can work together to ensure that crackdowns in one part of the Amazon, such as Brazil, do not just drive deforestation elsewhere to Suriname, for example.
Until the power structure that disadvantages Indigenous and other historically marginalised groups changes, the negative effects of developing technologies to “save” the planet will continue to disproportionately burden these groups, even as their current way of life remains critical to supporting sustainable development outcomes.
Written by Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Lecturer, International Relations, University of St Andrews. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
ENDS
https://youtu.be/RLsqyADpgn0?si=BniKvXzjQFeZXUoV
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Western Parotias AKA Arfak Parotias are stunning bird-of-paradise of West Papua known for their mesmerising dances. Palm oil and mining ecocide are threats
Read moreIndigenous Peoples Fight Climate Change
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Read moreTucuxi, small freshwater dolphins of Peru Ecuador Colombia and Brazil are Endangered due to fishing nets, deforestation, mercury poisoning from gold mining.
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Indigenous Empowerment to Reverse Amazonia’s Mineral Demand
Illegal #mining for minerals like #gold and cassiterite, the latter used for renewable energy, is driving #deforestation in Indigenous #Amazonia. Countries like #Brazil, #Suriname and #Guyana face the challenge of conserving forests, protecting #indigenous peoples, biodiversity whilst also meeting international resource demands. Empowering indigenous peoples to care for biodiversity rich areas of Amazonia is key to saving them for future generations. Act now to protect Indigenous lands and wildlife. #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife.
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Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Lecturer, International Relations, University of St Andrews. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Mining for gold in Suriname. Yolanda Ariadne Collins, CC BY-NC-NDIllegal mining for critical minerals needed for the global renewable energy transition is increasingly driving deforestation in Indigenous lands in the Amazon.
In recent years, these illegal miners, who are often self-employed, mobile and working covertly, have expanded their gold mining operations to include cassiterite or “black gold”, a critical mineral essential for the renewable energy transition. Cassiterite is used to make coatings for solar panels, wind turbines and other electronic devices. Brazil, one of the world’s largest exporters of this mineral, is now scrambling to manage this new threat to its Amazon forests.
The need for developing countries such as Brazil to conserve their forests for the collective global good conflicts with the increasing demand for their resources from international markets. To complicate matters further, both the renewable energy transition and the conservation of the Amazon are urgent priorities in the global effort to arrest climate change.
But escalating deforestation puts these forests at risk of moving from a carbon sink – with trees absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they release – to a carbon source, whereby trees release more carbon dioxide than they absorb as they degrade or are burnt.
Indigenous and other forest-dwelling communities are central to forest conservation. In 2014, I spent a year living in Guyana and Suriname, two of the nine countries that share the Amazon basin. I studied the effectiveness of international policies that aim to pay these countries to avoid deforestation.
I met with members of communities who were bearing the brunt of the negative effects of small-scale gold mining, such as mercury poisoning and loss of hunting grounds. For decades, mining for gold, which threatens communities’ food supply and traditional ways of life, has been the main driver of deforestation in both countries.
Small-scale mining operations can damage both communities and the natural world. Gold mining, which generates gold for export used for jewellery and electronics, usually begins with the removal of trees and vegetation from the topsoil, facilitated by mechanical equipment such as excavators. Next, the miners dig up sediment, which gets washed with water to extract any loose flecks of gold.
Miners usually then add mercury, a substance that’s known to be toxic and incredibly damaging to human health, to washing pans to bind the gold together and separate it from the sediment. They then burn the mercury away, using lighters and welding gear. During this process, mercury is inhaled by miners and washed into nearby waterways, where it can enter the food chain and poison fish and other species, including humans.
My new book, Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance in the Amazonian Guiana Shield, highlights the colonial histories through which these countries were created. These histories continue to inform the land-use practices of people and forest users there. Having seen the dynamics firsthand, I argue that these unaddressed histories limit the effectiveness of international policies aimed at reducing deforestation.
Some of the policies’ limitations are rooted in their inattentiveness to the roughly five centuries of colonialism through which these countries were formed. These histories had seen forests act as places of refuge and resistance for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities. I believe that power structures created by these histories need to be tackled through processes of decolonisation, which includes removing markets from their central place in processes of valuing nature, and taking seriously the worldviews of Indigenous and other forest-dependent communities.
But since 2014, small-scale mining-led deforestation in the Amazon has persisted, and even increased. The increase in mining worldwide, driven partly by the renewable energy transition, indicates that these power structures might be harder to shift than ever before.
Added pressure
When crackdowns on illegal gold mining took place in Brazil in the 1970s and ’80s, miners moved en masse to nearby Guyana and Suriname, taking their environmentally destructive technologies with them. Illegal miners of cassiterite are now following a similar pattern, showing that the global effort to reduce deforestation cannot simply focus on a single commodity as a driver of deforestation on the ground.
My work shows that the challenge of mining-led deforestation in the Amazon is rooted in historically informed, global power structures that position the Amazon and its resources as available for extraction by industries and governments in wealthier countries. These groups of people are now seeking to reduce their disproportionately high emissions through technological solutions and not through behavioural change.
These tensions also have roots in the readiness of governments and forest users in postcolonial countries, like Brazil and Guyana, to respond positively and unquestioningly to international demand for these resources.
In the Amazon, outcomes are affected by whether different groups of people have access to livelihoods that do not drive deforestation, such as those based on non-timber forest products. The situation is further shaped by the extent to which governments can work together to ensure that crackdowns in one part of the Amazon, such as Brazil, do not just drive deforestation elsewhere to Suriname, for example.
Until the power structure that disadvantages Indigenous and other historically marginalised groups changes, the negative effects of developing technologies to “save” the planet will continue to disproportionately burden these groups, even as their current way of life remains critical to supporting sustainable development outcomes.
Written by Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Lecturer, International Relations, University of St Andrews. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”
Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite imagery for the entire Amazon region with data from the Brazilian national census, our new study found that deforestation in areas protected by #Indigenous communities was up to 83% lower compared to unprotected areas.
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The world’s largest #rainforest the #Amazon 🫁🌳🌿 is vanishing. Yet a bright spark of hope finds #deforestation in #Indigenous protected areas is 83% lower. They are the KEY to saving the #forests and animals! #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8SM
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Tarcisio Schnaider/ShutterstockDespite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development. Incomes in Indigenous territories were up to 36% lower compared to other land uses.
Indigenous people are among the most disadvantaged groups of people in the world. Although Indigenous communities in Brazil have strengthened their political representation in recent years, 33% of people living below the poverty line are Indigenous.
Improving the economic wellbeing of Indigenous people is not only the socially just thing to do but can also be environmentally effective. Research in Nepal showed that communities with higher levels of socioeconomic development are less likely to trade off development with deforestation. Providing communities with the ability to protect and conserve their local forests and develop economically can be a win-win for both people and the environment.
In 2022, governments across the world agreed to protect 30% of the planet’s surface by 2030. To meet the commitments of this 30×30 agenda, many countries need to drastically increase their conservation efforts to reverse deforestation in the Amazon and beyond.
Governments and philanthropic organisations pledged unprecedented political and financial support for forests and Indigenous peoples and local communities at the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. These pledges have helped raise the voices of Indigenous peoples and ushered in a new era of commitments to return ancestral lands.
Yet, forests and their resources across the world remain coveted by many different interest groups, including mining and large agribusiness. The Supreme Court in Brazil is currently debating the constitutional validity of the controversial “Marco Temporal” or time limit framework which could substantially limit the ability of Indigenous peoples across the country to make claims for lands. This legal theory states that Indigenous peoples are only entitled to make claims for lands if they can prove that they were in possession of them on or before October 5 1988 when the Brazilian constitution came into effect.
Perhaps surprisingly, our results show that agricultural business development of the Brazilian Amazon is unlikely to provide greater socioeconomic benefits for local, non-indigenous communities than protection-focused alternatives that preserve forest cover but allow sustainable resource use by rural communities. But the agribusiness lobby in Brazil, who are often in direct conflict with Indigenous people, often argues that agricultural expansion will provide economic development for the region.
Our results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting biodiversity to help address climate change. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.
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Indigenous communities need to regain access to their ancestral lands while also gaining access to development opportunities. Indigenous people in Brazil are eligible to receive support from social welfare programmes, such as the family allowance scheme (or bolsa familia in Portuguese), which is credited with lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty and reducing inequality.
Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration. The Marco Temporal thesis, indigenous, and supporters of the indigenous movement met in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May 2023. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy Stock PhotoHowever, many rural and isolated communities face substantial difficulties accessing support. For example, fuel costs to take long boat trips from remote communities to urban centres to collect payments are high and many communities lack access to technology to even apply for such schemes.
President Lula Da Silva’s government is considering developing an Indigenous family allowance programme to address access problems faced by Indigenous communities in Brazil. As efforts to return rights to land ramp up in the wake of the 30×30 agenda, more governments and nongovernmental organisations should support the many other rights that Indigenous peoples have and reduce the structural barriers that prevent rural communities from claiming them.
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Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite imagery for the entire Amazon region with data from the Brazilian national census, our new study found that deforestation in areas protected by #Indigenous communities was up to 83% lower compared to unprotected areas.
Results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting #biodiversity to help address #climatechange. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.
The world’s largest #rainforest the #Amazon 🫁🌳🌿 is vanishing. Yet a bright spark of hope finds #deforestation in #Indigenous protected areas is 83% lower. They are the KEY to saving the #forests and animals! #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8SM
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Tarcisio Schnaider/ShutterstockDespite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development. Incomes in Indigenous territories were up to 36% lower compared to other land uses.
Indigenous people are among the most disadvantaged groups of people in the world. Although Indigenous communities in Brazil have strengthened their political representation in recent years, 33% of people living below the poverty line are Indigenous.
Improving the economic wellbeing of Indigenous people is not only the socially just thing to do but can also be environmentally effective. Research in Nepal showed that communities with higher levels of socioeconomic development are less likely to trade off development with deforestation. Providing communities with the ability to protect and conserve their local forests and develop economically can be a win-win for both people and the environment.
In 2022, governments across the world agreed to protect 30% of the planet’s surface by 2030. To meet the commitments of this 30×30 agenda, many countries need to drastically increase their conservation efforts to reverse deforestation in the Amazon and beyond.
Governments and philanthropic organisations pledged unprecedented political and financial support for forests and Indigenous peoples and local communities at the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. These pledges have helped raise the voices of Indigenous peoples and ushered in a new era of commitments to return ancestral lands.
Yet, forests and their resources across the world remain coveted by many different interest groups, including mining and large agribusiness. The Supreme Court in Brazil is currently debating the constitutional validity of the controversial “Marco Temporal” or time limit framework which could substantially limit the ability of Indigenous peoples across the country to make claims for lands. This legal theory states that Indigenous peoples are only entitled to make claims for lands if they can prove that they were in possession of them on or before October 5 1988 when the Brazilian constitution came into effect.
Perhaps surprisingly, our results show that agricultural business development of the Brazilian Amazon is unlikely to provide greater socioeconomic benefits for local, non-indigenous communities than protection-focused alternatives that preserve forest cover but allow sustainable resource use by rural communities. But the agribusiness lobby in Brazil, who are often in direct conflict with Indigenous people, often argues that agricultural expansion will provide economic development for the region.
Our results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting biodiversity to help address climate change. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.
Access to land and opportunity
Indigenous communities need to regain access to their ancestral lands while also gaining access to development opportunities. Indigenous people in Brazil are eligible to receive support from social welfare programmes, such as the family allowance scheme (or bolsa familia in Portuguese), which is credited with lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty and reducing inequality.
Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration. The Marco Temporal thesis, indigenous, and supporters of the indigenous movement met in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May 2023. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy Stock PhotoHowever, many rural and isolated communities face substantial difficulties accessing support. For example, fuel costs to take long boat trips from remote communities to urban centres to collect payments are high and many communities lack access to technology to even apply for such schemes.
President Lula Da Silva’s government is considering developing an Indigenous family allowance programme to address access problems faced by Indigenous communities in Brazil. As efforts to return rights to land ramp up in the wake of the 30×30 agenda, more governments and nongovernmental organisations should support the many other rights that Indigenous peoples have and reduce the structural barriers that prevent rural communities from claiming them.
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https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20
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Results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting #biodiversity to help address #climatechange. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.
The world’s largest #rainforest the #Amazon 🫁🌳🌿 is vanishing. Yet a bright spark of hope finds #deforestation in #Indigenous protected areas is 83% lower. They are the KEY to saving the #forests and animals! #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8SM
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Tarcisio Schnaider/ShutterstockDespite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development. Incomes in Indigenous territories were up to 36% lower compared to other land uses.
Indigenous people are among the most disadvantaged groups of people in the world. Although Indigenous communities in Brazil have strengthened their political representation in recent years, 33% of people living below the poverty line are Indigenous.
Improving the economic wellbeing of Indigenous people is not only the socially just thing to do but can also be environmentally effective. Research in Nepal showed that communities with higher levels of socioeconomic development are less likely to trade off development with deforestation. Providing communities with the ability to protect and conserve their local forests and develop economically can be a win-win for both people and the environment.
In 2022, governments across the world agreed to protect 30% of the planet’s surface by 2030. To meet the commitments of this 30×30 agenda, many countries need to drastically increase their conservation efforts to reverse deforestation in the Amazon and beyond.
Governments and philanthropic organisations pledged unprecedented political and financial support for forests and Indigenous peoples and local communities at the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. These pledges have helped raise the voices of Indigenous peoples and ushered in a new era of commitments to return ancestral lands.
Yet, forests and their resources across the world remain coveted by many different interest groups, including mining and large agribusiness. The Supreme Court in Brazil is currently debating the constitutional validity of the controversial “Marco Temporal” or time limit framework which could substantially limit the ability of Indigenous peoples across the country to make claims for lands. This legal theory states that Indigenous peoples are only entitled to make claims for lands if they can prove that they were in possession of them on or before October 5 1988 when the Brazilian constitution came into effect.
Perhaps surprisingly, our results show that agricultural business development of the Brazilian Amazon is unlikely to provide greater socioeconomic benefits for local, non-indigenous communities than protection-focused alternatives that preserve forest cover but allow sustainable resource use by rural communities. But the agribusiness lobby in Brazil, who are often in direct conflict with Indigenous people, often argues that agricultural expansion will provide economic development for the region.
Our results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting biodiversity to help address climate change. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.
Access to land and opportunity
Indigenous communities need to regain access to their ancestral lands while also gaining access to development opportunities. Indigenous people in Brazil are eligible to receive support from social welfare programmes, such as the family allowance scheme (or bolsa familia in Portuguese), which is credited with lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty and reducing inequality.
Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration. The Marco Temporal thesis, indigenous, and supporters of the indigenous movement met in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May 2023. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy Stock PhotoHowever, many rural and isolated communities face substantial difficulties accessing support. For example, fuel costs to take long boat trips from remote communities to urban centres to collect payments are high and many communities lack access to technology to even apply for such schemes.
President Lula Da Silva’s government is considering developing an Indigenous family allowance programme to address access problems faced by Indigenous communities in Brazil. As efforts to return rights to land ramp up in the wake of the 30×30 agenda, more governments and nongovernmental organisations should support the many other rights that Indigenous peoples have and reduce the structural barriers that prevent rural communities from claiming them.
Written by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”
Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London. By combining satellite imagery for the entire Amazon region with data from the Brazilian national census, our new study found that deforestation in areas protected by #Indigenous communities was up to 83% lower compared to unprotected areas.
Results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting #biodiversity to help address #climatechange. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.
The world’s largest #rainforest the #Amazon 🫁🌳🌿 is vanishing. Yet a bright spark of hope finds #deforestation in #Indigenous protected areas is 83% lower. They are the KEY to saving the #forests and animals! #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8SM
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Tarcisio Schnaider/ShutterstockDespite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development. Incomes in Indigenous territories were up to 36% lower compared to other land uses.
Indigenous people are among the most disadvantaged groups of people in the world. Although Indigenous communities in Brazil have strengthened their political representation in recent years, 33% of people living below the poverty line are Indigenous.
Improving the economic wellbeing of Indigenous people is not only the socially just thing to do but can also be environmentally effective. Research in Nepal showed that communities with higher levels of socioeconomic development are less likely to trade off development with deforestation. Providing communities with the ability to protect and conserve their local forests and develop economically can be a win-win for both people and the environment.
In 2022, governments across the world agreed to protect 30% of the planet’s surface by 2030. To meet the commitments of this 30×30 agenda, many countries need to drastically increase their conservation efforts to reverse deforestation in the Amazon and beyond.
Governments and philanthropic organisations pledged unprecedented political and financial support for forests and Indigenous peoples and local communities at the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. These pledges have helped raise the voices of Indigenous peoples and ushered in a new era of commitments to return ancestral lands.
Yet, forests and their resources across the world remain coveted by many different interest groups, including mining and large agribusiness. The Supreme Court in Brazil is currently debating the constitutional validity of the controversial “Marco Temporal” or time limit framework which could substantially limit the ability of Indigenous peoples across the country to make claims for lands. This legal theory states that Indigenous peoples are only entitled to make claims for lands if they can prove that they were in possession of them on or before October 5 1988 when the Brazilian constitution came into effect.
Perhaps surprisingly, our results show that agricultural business development of the Brazilian Amazon is unlikely to provide greater socioeconomic benefits for local, non-indigenous communities than protection-focused alternatives that preserve forest cover but allow sustainable resource use by rural communities. But the agribusiness lobby in Brazil, who are often in direct conflict with Indigenous people, often argues that agricultural expansion will provide economic development for the region.
Our results demonstrate that returning lands to Indigenous communities can be extremely effective at reducing deforestation and boosting biodiversity to help address climate change. Yet, forest conservation should not come at an economic cost to people living in Indigenous-managed lands.
Access to land and opportunity
Indigenous communities need to regain access to their ancestral lands while also gaining access to development opportunities. Indigenous people in Brazil are eligible to receive support from social welfare programmes, such as the family allowance scheme (or bolsa familia in Portuguese), which is credited with lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty and reducing inequality.
Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration. The Marco Temporal thesis, indigenous, and supporters of the indigenous movement met in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May 2023. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy Stock PhotoHowever, many rural and isolated communities face substantial difficulties accessing support. For example, fuel costs to take long boat trips from remote communities to urban centres to collect payments are high and many communities lack access to technology to even apply for such schemes.
President Lula Da Silva’s government is considering developing an Indigenous family allowance programme to address access problems faced by Indigenous communities in Brazil. As efforts to return rights to land ramp up in the wake of the 30×30 agenda, more governments and nongovernmental organisations should support the many other rights that Indigenous peoples have and reduce the structural barriers that prevent rural communities from claiming them.
Written by Johan Oldekop, Reader in Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)vThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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Et cette semaine, la Compagnie sillonne les routes avec son nouvel impromptu pour aborder le harcèlement et la relation à l'autre. Il était une fois...de trop, une petite forme itinérante tout public à partir de la quatrième, avec Vincent Dussart, Nathalie Yanoz et Anatole Devoucoux du Buysson.
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Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News @nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com@nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com ·COLONIALISMO do século 21 – implementado por corporações e ONGs? Cuja sobrevivência está em jogo aqui, Survival? A sobrevivência das florestas tropicais e dos povos Indígenas ou da Cartier e outros na indústria de joias de ouro e diamantes? – Pensando em doar para uma ONG? Por favor, leia isso primeiro! – 2025! | Barbara Crane Navarro
“Ouro ou Natureza?” – © Fotolia / Wikimedia / Collage: Mirela Hadzic para o resgate da floresta tropical“A tolice do homem aumentou o valor do ouro e da prata por causa de sua escassez; enquanto a natureza, como um pai amoroso, nos deu gratuitamente as melhores coisas, como ar, terra e água, mas escondeu de nós as que são vãs e desnecessárias.” – Thomas More,” Utopia “, livro II – 1516
Foto: publicidade CartierA sistemática conquista e colonização européia das Américas começou em 1492 e ainda está em andamento. A motivação principal era, e continua a ser, a exploração. O aumento da riqueza na Europa dependeu do ouro, os diamantes e outras riquezas saqueadas às custas da degradação da natureza e da subjugação dos povos Indígenas …
Foto: mina de ouro: Emiliano Mancuso / National GeographicA ONG Survival proclama: “Estamos lutando pela sobrevivência dos povos indígenas. Evitamos que madeireiros, mineiros e empresas de petróleo destruam as terras, vidas e meios de subsistência de tribos em todo o mundo. Pressionamos os governos a reconhecer os direitos às terras indígenas. Documentamos e expomos as atrocidades cometidas contra os povos tribais e tomamos medidas diretas para detê-los. “
Fui voluntária para a Survival France nos anos 90 e início dos anos 2000, quando voltei para a França depois de viver com os Yanomami na Venezuela e no Brasil e inicialmente pensei que a Survival fez a coisa certa.
Passei muito tempo coletando assinaturas em petições da Survival defendendo os direitos dos povos Indígenas em diferentes partes do mundo (antes que as petições existissem na internet) incluindo impressões digitais como assinaturas Yanomami.
Yapacana tepui, Amazonas, Venezuela – foto: Barbara Crane Navarro
A comunidade Curripaco em Guachapana, ao longo do rio Orinoco, me pediu para criar uma petição para ajudá-los a se livrar dos garimpeiros da Colômbia que os aterrorizaram em seu caminho para locais ilegais de mineração de ouro no Yapacana tepui.
Agora, em 2024, a aldeia de Guachapana e as florestas circundantes foram efetivamente varridas do mapa; saqueada, escavada e contaminada com mercúrio pelos garimpeiros – a comunidade totalmente devastada.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/06/venezuela-yapacana-gold-mining/
A situação piorou e a mineração de ouro está destruindo o tepui Yapacana, um local sagrado, e contaminando com mercúrio as fontes de água, peixes, solo, animais selvagens e povos indígenas da região. Mas não só nesta região. A Venezuela está mais desmatada, envenenada e saqueada por minas de ouro do que o Brasil!
“Desmatamento na Venezuela aumenta com alvoroço dos garimpeiros na Amazônia
Estima-se que a perda de florestas virgens esteja aumentando em cerca de 170% ao ano na Venezuela – uma taxa ainda mais rápida do que no Brasil – devido a um boom de mineração de ouro sancionado pelo estado.”
Foto do homem Yanomami com arco e flecha, Amazonas, Venezuela e foto montagem – Barbara Crane Navarro / Resultado do xamã Yanomami convocando os espíritos Hekura para evitar que invasores destruam a floresta – Desenho no papel – Wacayowë YanomamiPassei um tempo com a Survival France perto da Embaixada do Brasil em Paris manifestando-se contra os governos dos presidentes do Brasil – começando com Fernando Collor de Mello.
Comecei a pensar que talvez educar os consumidores globais sobre a devastação da mineração de ouro, extração de madeira e desmatamento para soja e gado na floresta tropical e territórios Indígenas poderia ser uma abordagem mais eficaz do que tentar influenciar governos, muitas vezes influenciados por multinacionais, para mudar o ambiente políticas. Boicotar indústrias destrutivas parecia uma solução mais proativa.
Com as possibilidades oferecidas pela Internet, tenho me concentrado em trabalhar com a SOS Orinoco e outras associações venezuelanas que estão tentando impedir a devastação do projeto de mineração “Arco Minero del Orinoco” e Apib, Associação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil.
Posteriormente, participei com a Survival France da manifestação contra o envolvimento da GDF Suez no projeto hidrelétrico de Belo Monte, acompanhada por várias pessoas que trabalharam na GDF Suez que também se opunham à inevitável destruição da floresta, dos rios e da vida dos povos Indígenas da região do Xingu que a barragem representaria.
Foto: Cacique Raoni Metuktire em Paris, segurando a petição internacional contra a barragem de Belo Monte, que lançou com outros chefes Kayapó.Os investidores privados envolvidos no projeto incluem as gigantes da mineração Alcoa e Vale (para abastecer novas minas próximas, como a proposta da mina de ouro de Belo Sun), conglomerados de construção Andrade Gutierrez, Votorantim, Grupo OAS, Queiroz Galvão, Odebrecht e Camargo Corrêa, e as empresas de energia GDF Suez (agora ENGIE) e Neoenergia. As primeiras turbinas estiveram em operação em maio de 2016 na barragem de Belo Monte. A barragem foi concluída com a instalação de sua 18ª turbina em novembro de 2019.
A mineradora canadense Belo Sun continua em busca de ouro em territórios indígenas no estado do Pará, apesar de ações judiciais movidas contra ela.
Seguem detalhes da ONG Mongabay: “Represado, agora minado: índios brasileiros lutam pelo futuro do Rio Xingu”:
Dados exclusivos mostram que a mineradora canadense possui 11 petições de pesquisa protocoladas na Agência Nacional de Mineração (NMA) que afetariam diretamente as Reservas Indígenas Arara da Volta Grande do Xingu e Trincheira Bacajá, no estado do Pará.
O projeto foi planejado para ser a maior mina de ouro a céu aberto da América Latina, com 74 toneladas de ouro a serem extraídas ao longo de 20 anos de operação.
Foto: Homem Xipaya na Cachoeira de Jericoá, Volta Grande do Xingu – Vidro VerenaEm 2018, fui contatado no Twitter por Stephen Corry, que é diretor da Survival International, com sede em Londres, desde 1984. Ele me pediu minha opinião sobre quem contatar na Venezuela quando os Yanomami no Alto Orinoco e no Parima região estava morrendo de malária transmitida por garimpeiros ilegais. Também conversamos no Twitter e por e-mail sobre outros assuntos que afetam os povos Indígenas. Corry sugeriu que eu contatasse Fiore Longo, a atual diretora da Survival France, e trocamos e-mails sobre como fazer planos para um encontro. Corry também pediu que eu compartilhasse vídeos da Survival sobre questões de floresta tropical no Twitter.
A Wikipedia afirma que “Stephen Corry trabalhou como membro da Survival International com a perspectiva de que os indígenas têm direitos morais e legais sobre suas terras. A proteção desse direito é considerada essencial para suas sobrevivência. Eles acreditam que os governos devem reconhecer isso e que isso só é possível se eles forem levados a isso pela força da opinião pública. A Survival International acredita que a cultura desse povo é de grande valor, e agora está em grande risco por uma violenta interferência em seus modo de vida.”
A Wikipedia adiciona, com um grande ponto de exclamação laranja: “Este artigo tem vários problemas. Ajude a melhorá-lo ou discuta esses problemas na página de discussão. Este artigo contém uma redação que promove o assunto de maneira subjetiva, sem transmitir informações reais. Esta biografia de uma pessoa viva precisa de citações adicionais para verificação.” (Março de 2019)
Sobre Davi Kopenawa, Wikipedia afirma: “Davi Kopenawa é um porta-voz dos índios Yanomami no Brasil. Ele se tornou conhecido por sua defesa em relação às questões tribais e à conservação da floresta amazônica quando … Survival International o convidou a aceitar o Right Livelihood Award em seu nome em 1989.… Davi Kopenawa conversou com os parlamentos britânico e sueco sobre o impacto catastrófico na saúde dos Yanomami. conseqüência da invasão ilegal de suas terras por 40 mil garimpeiros. O príncipe Charles chamou publicamente a situação de “genocídio”. Em sete anos, de 1987 a 1993, um quinto dos Yanomami morreu de malária e outras doenças transmitidas por garimpeiros. “
Foto: destruição da mineração de ouro em território Yanomami, Roraima, Brasil – Imagens GettyFiquei desconcertada depois de sugerir em janeiro de 2020 que Corry se juntasse a mim para “espalhar a mensagem abaixo porque acho que esse é um problema que precisa ser resolvido”. “Assim como as pessoas são encorajadas a mudar seus hábitos alimentares para proteger as florestas, os hábitos de consumo devem ser examinados, especialmente tão perto do Dia dos Namorados, quando gastos e consumo excessivos é galopante.
Não abordei outro aspecto questionável da estratégia de marketing da Cartier nesta mensagem a Davi Kopenawa; no site http://cartier.fr próximo a ‘Fondation Cartier‘ há ‘Cartier filantropia’: ‘Nossas operações’ com uma longa lista de países que inclui o Peru e a República Democrática do Congo.
Continuei com: Alguns desses países que a Cartier afirma ajudar são locais de mineração notórios (ouro, diamantes, etc., que também são usados na joalheria Cartier) que alimentaram guerras e conflitos por décadas.
Acrescentei que gostaria que Corry circulasse meu post ou escrevesse algo sobre ele (com ou sem mencionar as empresas pelo nome) antes do assalto do Dia dos Namorados e do ‘La Luta Yanomami’ da Fundação Cartier. » – (Em seguida, programado para 30 de janeiro até 13 de setembro de 2020 e interrompido temporariamente, de março a junho, pela pandemia de Covid-19)
« Aqui está minha mensagem para Davi Kopenawa: Quando o cacique Raoni Metuktire esteve em Paris, exigiu que os europeus parassem de comer carne para proteger os povos do Xingu da destruição de seu território pelo agro-negócio. Você, que representa os Yanomami, deve pedir ao povo europeu que pare de comprar, vender e se enfeitar com ouro para proteger o território Yanomami. Cartier, a empresa de relógios e joias de ouro de luxo que convida você a vir a Paris para falar, está ganhando dinheiro com a simpatia que os franceses têm pelos Yanomami e usando você e Claudia Andujar como brindes promocionais para ‘lavagem verde’ de seus envolvimento com o ouro indústria.
A mostra ‘A Luta Yanomami’ é trazida até vocês pela própria indústria que está destruindo suas vidas. A Cartier opera mais de 200 lojas em 125 países e foi classificada em 2018 pela Forbes como a 59ª marca mais rica e valiosa do mundo.
Não existe uma forma sustentável de minerar ouro. As florestas são destruídas para dar lugar à mineração e os rios são contaminados. O cianeto é usado na indústria de mineração de ouro legal em vez do mercúrio usado na mineração ilegal, mas os resultados tóxicos do uso de cianeto são os mesmos. A indústria do ouro legal é um labirinto de mineiros, banqueiros, traficantes e lojas de luxo. Mesmo na mineração de ouro industrial e em grande escala, existem regulamentações frouxas, grilagem de terras, expropriação sancionada pelo governo e lixo tóxico.
O crime organizado controla o mercado de distribuição ilegal de ouro e o ouro extraído ilegalmente ocupa uma parcela significativa do mercado global de ouro. Uma das razões pelas quais o ouro ilegal é tão valioso para grupos criminosos é que, ao contrário da cocaína, existe uma versão legal que se parece exatamente com ela. Traficantes de drogas contribuem para a violência na região amazônica. Suas operações eram baseadas no tráfico de drogas. Agora eles também dependem do tráfico ilegal de ouro. As redes criminosas estão empurrando ouro sujo para as empresas. Essa cadeia de suprimentos ilegal se estende por todo o mundo, da Samsung à Cartier. Cartier representa o fetichismo das joias de luxo – itens que são funcionalmente desnecessários para a sociedade humana. Você pode clicar neste link: http://cartier.com.br para ver quais itens de ouro de luxo eles estão vendendo no Brasil, então você pode clicar em ‘Fondation Cartier‘ no final da página para ver como eles estão vendendo você para dar a impressão de que se preocupam com a floresta e os povos Indígenas, pois continuam vendendo ouro para o mundo.
‘Você deve fazer todas as escolhas como se a vida de sua Mãe Terra dependesse disso, como se sua própria vida dependesse disso, como se a vida de seus filhos dependesse disso.’ – John Lundin Obrigada, Barbara”
A surpreendente resposta sem resposta de Corry foi: “Oi Bárbara! Eu espero que você esteja bem. Achei que você pudesse se interessar por um de nossos vídeos sobre a crise climática de uma perspectiva indígena sul-americana.”
Eu respondi: “Curioso silêncio de sua parte, Stephen, sobre minha pergunta acima a respeito da resposta de Davi. Curioso também que você e Fio estão condenando o WWF por suas práticas antiéticas, enquanto a Survival apóia e ajuda a Cartier e a indústria de luxo aparelhos desnecessários – você sabe, a própria indústria que destrói povos Indígenas em todo o mundo apoiados pela Survival por décadas. Survival deveria ter sido FORA da Cartier em janeiro para protestar com sinais como ‘Pare com a lavagem verde de ouro e diamantes de sangue!’ … A Fundação Cartier está apresentando a exposição ‘A Luta Yanomami’ enquanto os Yanomami agora lutam contra a indústria do ouro que está saqueando seu território! A última exibição deles foi ‘nós árvores’ e eu me pergunto a que árvores exatamente eles estavam se referindo quando é necessário arrancar árvores e envenenar rios e solo para extrair ouro para relógios e joias Cartier? Nenhuma de suas bugigangas de ouro de luxo está à venda na Fundação, mas Cartier, um comerciante de itens de ouro de luxo desde 1847, criou sua Fundação com fundos da venda de ouro.”
Stephen Corry respondeu: “Querida Barbara, Obrigado pelo seu e-mail. Claro, entendo o seu ponto de vista, mas lembre-se de que o diretor do Cartier Art Center é um amigo pessoal de Davi de longa data e já esteve com os Yanomami (mais de uma vez, eu acho). O centro vem promovendo os Yanomami de uma forma ou de outra há muitos anos. É claro que lutamos contra os garimpeiros do território Yanomami há décadas. Eu pessoalmente sei que a mineração de ouro em pequena escala, sem o uso de contaminantes, tem sido realizada por povos indígenas. Portanto, é errado dizer que todo ouro está poluindo em toda parte. Raoni pode simplesmente pedir às pessoas que não comam carne. No entanto, também existem milhões de indígenas que dependem dos animais do rebanho para seu sustento. A maioria vende também. Em minhas próprias andanças com Davi nos últimos 30 anos, ele sempre se opôs ao uso de pedras removidas da terra como material de construção nas cidades ocidentais. No entanto, isso fez nunca significou que ele se recusou a entrar em edifícios de pedra para promover a sobrevivência de seu povo. Davi escolheu usar suas conexões pessoais para promover sua luta. Longe de Survival tentando dissuadi-lo dessa escolha. Como disse, compreendo o seu ponto de vista, mas peço-lhe que aceite o nosso também! Pretendíamos, e ainda pretendemos, trazer seus pontos de vista para Davi, de qualquer maneira. Muitas felicidades. Sua, Stephen “
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Chocado, respondi: “Caro Stephen, Não é uma questão filosófica. O problema para Raoni é a devastação causada no Xingu pela agroindústria brasileira contra a qual ele denuncia incansavelmente. Raoni não apareceu em lugar nenhum a convite de um representante da JBS S.A. ou da Cargill, nunca. Viajei por vários anos no Mali, Costa do Marfim e Benin e conheci muitas pessoas que dependem de animais de rebanho para sua subsistência, um assunto totalmente diferente que o agroindústria global. Eu fui vegetariano durante a maior parte da minha vida, mas reconheço que mudar hábitos é complicado, pois todos os humanos precisam comer. Cartier, no entanto, construiu sua considerável fortuna vendendo itens que são inquestionavelmente inúteis para a humanidade. Suas bugigangas de “luxo” contêm ouro, bem como diamantes, esmeraldas, etc. nenhum deles é extraído por artesãos sem contaminantes. A Cartier opera mais de 200 lojas em 125 países e foi classificada em 2018 pela Forbes como a 59ª marca mais rica e valiosa do mundo. Você sabe melhor do que eu, Stephen, os danos causados pela mineração de diamantes em muitos países africanos. O governo de Trinidad e Tobago está muito preocupado com o cianeto e o mercúrio da mineração legal e ilegal ao longo do rio Orinoco, contaminando suas área de pesca a mais de 2.000 quilômetros de distância. Eles organizaram seminários para abordar este problema. Os Yanomami que conheço pessoalmente no Alto Orinoco, na Venezuela, sofrem de sarampo e outras doenças causadas pela invasão de garimpeiros na suas terras. Suas florestas estão destruídas e seus rios poluídos. Você e Davi podem ser amigos de quem quiser, mas aparecer na Cartier e permitir que, vamos ser honestos, esverdear seus imagem às custas dos Yanomami é ambíguo. Estou ansioso para ouvir a resposta de Davi aos pontos que levantei. Agradeço muito sua intervenção sobre essas questões em meu nome. Cumprimentos, Barbara”
Em seguida, adicionei Fiore Longo da Survival France ao intercâmbio:
“Olá Stephen e Fio, Fiquei me perguntando por que não houve resposta depois que enviei a cada um de vocês ‘minha mensagem para Davi Kopenawa’ por e-mail e no Twitter. Percebi agora que você está promovendo a exposição ‘A luta Yanomami’ da Cartier no Facebook. Você percebe que os Yanomami, a comunidade de Davi Kopenawa em particular, estão lutando contra 20.000 garimpeiros em seu território? Eu percebi nos últimos meses que você criticou o WWF por práticas antiéticas, enquanto agora está promovendo a indústria extrativista de joias de ouro e diamantes que está explorando muitos, senão a maioria dos povos indígenas que a Survival tem defendido ao longo de décadas. Esta parece ser uma contradição enorme e grotesca de seus princípios. Você certamente sabe que as fundações, em geral, são criadas na maioria das vezes para evitar o pagamento de sua parte nos impostos e / ou fazer uma lavagem verde de sua imagem.”
Em seguida, enviei isso para Longo:
“Caro Fio, Eu sei que você não sabia da última correspondência. Como esse problema se aplica a você também, estou incluindo e-mails recentes entre Stephen e eu. Meu fervor é alimentado por minha preocupação com meus amigos Yanomami que estão morrendo no Alto Orinoco devido à invasão de garimpeiros em seu território. Espero que possa haver uma maneira melhor para as pessoas se decorarem em nossa cultura do que o modelo de luxo atual, que exige a mineração de ouro e diamantes. Acho que essa questão poderia ser vista da mesma forma que estamos atualmente reexaminando os danos ao planeta causados por viagens aéreas. Davi, Stephen e você poderiam ajudar os Yanomami influenciando seu amigo, o diretor do Cartier Art Center, a transformar o envolvimento da Cartier na indústria de ouro e diamante de luxo em algo menos destrutivo e mais duradouro. Agradeço muito sua intervenção nessas questões com Davi e Cartier em meu nome e em nome dos Yanomami, que estão muito distantes da nossa civilização para falar por si mesmos. Cumprimentos, Barbara”
Mapas de minas de ouro em território Yanomami: Alto Orinoco – SOS Orinoco / Brasil – CCPYEnquanto isso, de acordo com a Forbes, a partir de 27 de julho de 2020, o valor da marca Cartier é de US $ 12,2 bilhões. “A Cartier vende joias para a realeza europeia há mais de um século. Existem cerca de 300 butiques Cartier em todo o mundo que exibem as joias e relógios de ponta da marca. A marca é extremamente lucrativa para a controladora Richemont … A Cartier reabriu sua loja principal em Nova York em 2017, após uma renovação de dois anos e meio. A mansão Cartier de quatro andares na Quinta Avenida é um museu e um varejista. A loja principal de Londres passou por uma reforma no ano passado e reabriu em dezembro. Um andar privado, La Résidence, é reservado aos melhores clientes da Cartier e inclui um bar, cozinha, sala de jantar e área de estar.”
Foto: anúncio da loja Cartier em Nova YorkEscrevi para Corry: “Parece-me que a Survival investiu mais mutuamente na Cartier do que você está fingindo. O fato de você não querer entrar em detalhes sobre este assunto não me surpreende. Representantes da Survival deram discursos na Cartier e continuam a anunciar (sob os auspícios da Survival) as exposições de arte abusivo de lavagem verde da Cartier. Por que você não está se posicionando contra isso? De que lado você está realmente?”
Locais de mineração de ouro: Garimpeiros em uma mina de ouro, Brasil – João Laet -The Guardian – 2020 (detalhe) / Crianças minerando ouro em águas carregadas de mercúrio, Venezuela – Edo – 2020O site da Survival afirma: “Ao contrário de muitas instituições de caridade, negamos financiamento do governo nacional e não aceitamos dinheiro de empresas que possam violar os direitos dos povos indígenas. … A Survival é política e financeiramente independente de qualquer envolvimento governamental, político, religioso ou corporativo. Porque contar com a sua generosidade nos dá total independência. Ele preserva nossa integridade, garantindo que nunca ajustemos nossa mensagem ou trabalho orientado para doadores. “Em “Serviços financeiros – De onde vem nosso dinheiro” está listado: A: Doações de apoiadores e fundações (67%) B: Arrecadação de fundos e vendas de nossa loja (11,8%) C: legado (18,2%) D: Investimentos (3%) “
Eu me pergunto quais “fundações” dão dinheiro para a Survival? Se as fundações doarem dinheiro para a Survival, como é possível ser independente do envolvimento corporativo?
Fiore Longo no Twitter disse: “Se há algo que aprendi ao passar anos e anos com #comunidades tribais indígenas em suas florestas, é isso que chamamos de natureza – o que nós ligar para a Terra – eles chamam de casa.”
“Fio, você já leu as respostas elusivas de Corry aos meus e-mails, mas não tinha mais nada a acrescentar ou alterar? Vocês dois falam tanto para denunciar outras ONGs, mas nada a acrescentar à ‘garimpagem de ouro em pequena escala, sem o uso de contaminantes’? Todos aqueles ‘anos e anos com comunidades indígenas tribais‘ e ‘andanças com Davi nos últimos 30 anos‘, mas vocês dois nunca perceberam os danos ambientais em uma mineração de ouro, diamantes, esmeraldas e safiras vendidas por Cartier e outros na indústria de luxo? Nenhum de vocês jamais conheceu crianças Indígenas com problemas neurológicos irreversíveis causados pela ingestão de peixes contaminados com mercúrio como as crianças Hoti do rio Ventuari na Venezuela ou as crianças Wayana de Haut-Maroni e Haut-Oyapock na Guiana Francesa? E o que dizer da África, onde o número de crianças trabalhando em minas de ouro na Tanzânia, Gana, República Democrática do Congo e outros países continua sendo uma grande preocupação? Crianças de 11 anos na República Centro-Africana trabalham ao lado de adultos no comércio de diamantes de sangue. Na Ásia, crianças de apenas cinco anos trabalham em minas e pedreiras. Envenenamento por mercúrio, doenças hepáticas e respiratórias são apenas alguns dos perigos que enfrentam …
De acordo com um estudo divulgado pela Info Amazonia, 838 toneladas de mercúrio foram emitidas da mineração artesanal e em pequena escala de ouro na região amazônica (2015 – dados mais recentes disponíveis do PNUMA).
http://mercury.infoamazonia.org https://pic.twitter.com/uF1hQx6upT
‘Mercúrio, o metal tóxico à sombra da indústria do ouro, é um negócio multimilionário. A produção de 1 tonelada de ouro, segundo registros oficiais, requer o uso de cerca de 6 toneladas de mercúrio.’ – Essas figuras representam um etnocídio e um ecocídio de proporções épicas …”
Mas, quem precisa da natureza em um reino em que Cartier está “reinventando a natureza, mais natural do que a própria natureza”? – desta publicidade fascinante da Cartier:
“Mais natural do que a própria natureza: a nova coleção de joias de luxo A natureza dá o tom para [Sur] naturel, a nova coleção da Cartier Haute Joaillerie. Ela abre caminho para uma beleza mais real do que a própria natureza, enraizada na realidade e transformada no reino do sobrenatural. Diamantes, esmeraldas e safiras se misturam com opala e kunzita, coral e água-marinha, berilo e quartzo. Água, flora e fauna dão vida a um universo ultraprecioso que existe na fronteira entre a fantasia e a realidade. Indo além da realidade, Cartier abre caminho para reinventar a natureza com a nova coleção Haute Joaillerie: [Sur] naturel. “
Foto publicitária: “Ultrapassando a realidade, a Cartier abre caminho para a natureza reinventada com a nova coleção de Alta Joalheria: [Sur] naturel.“Dário Kopenawa, filho de Davi, implora ao povo da Índia em um vídeo: “O ouro que veio do nosso território Yanomami é ouro de sangue, ouro às custas do sangue Indígena. Eu gostaria de enviar uma mensagem ao povo da Índia, ao governo indiano e às empresas que o importam: Você deve parar de comprar Ouro de Sangue. Comprar Blood Gold não é bom. É importante que o governo pense novamente, que o povo índio pense de novo e não compre Ouro de Sangue Yanomami.”
Talvez a Cartier gostaria de explicar a Davi e Dário Kopenawa por que eles têm lojas Cartier na Índia vendendo suas bugigangas de ouro e diamante de luxo?
Foto: uma loja Cartier na Índia: Boutique Cartier New Delhi – Nelson Mandela Rd, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, ÍndiaA avaliação da Human Rights Watch sobre as práticas de negócios da Cartier está em um artigo de professionaljeweler.com:
“A Cartier é propriedade da Richemont, um grupo de produtos de luxo com sede na Suíça e representa cerca de 45 por cento da receita da Richemont. Cadeia de custódia: a Cartier tem cadeia de custódia para parte, mas não todo, de seu ouro. Não indica se tem cadeia de custódia para diamantes … A política de responsabilidade corporativa da Cartier não menciona a rastreabilidade … A controladora da Cartier, Richemont, diz que a rastreabilidade é uma meta de longo prazo e uma área para melhorias para todas as suas empresas nos próximos anos. De acordo com o Código de Conduta do Fornecedor da Richemont, os fornecedores são obrigados a demonstrar que estão realizando due diligence de direitos humanos, mas não está claro se a Cartier faz cumprir esta disposição. Cartier não respondeu ao pedido da Human Rights Watch de uma reunião.”
Corry postou no Twitter em 12 de agosto: “Quer salvar a Amazônia? ” Certifique-se de ficar o máximo possível com #TribalPeoples que criou o ecossistema em primeiro lugar. No entanto, as grandes ONGs conservacionistas chamam isso de ‘selva’ e lembre-se @WWF disse que # Povos indígenas irão reduzi-lo #FightEcofascism“
Claro, Stephen … Mas isso não é um ecossistema nem um região selvagem depois que os mineiros artesanais destruíram a floresta e venderam o ouro que desenterraram. Depois que o que Davi Kopenawa chama de “ouro canibal” foi transformado em mercadoria, tudo o que resta para os #povos tribais é a destruição e a morte do COVID-19 espalhado pelos garimpeiros.
E a @WWF não é a única ONG que Corry afirma ser antiética. Também tem este artigo da Corry no Twitter aqui: ” Ah sim, @nature_org (The Nature Conservancy) tem parceria com @Walmart É uma empresa altamente ética que não parece tratar as pessoas muito bem – para dizer o mínimo. Dê uma olhada e #FightEcofascism Grandes ONGs de “conservação” = escândalo. “
e novamente Corry:
“O FSC está ‘investigando’ seu próprio produtor ‘certificado’ de óleo de palma. Demorou 4 anos para * começar *.Posso terminar em 1 min:@FSC_IC dirá: “Não foi tão ruim quanto afirmado, não é nossa culpa de qualquer maneira, houve alguns erros, prometemos fazer melhor.”
O chefe do Centro de Arte Cartier, Diretor Geral da Fundação Cartier, Hervé Chandès, detalha em uma entrevista com Caroline Lebrun https://www.paris-art.com/herve-chandes-fondation-cartier/ quanto A fundação Cartier é supervisionada pela casa de relógios de ouro e joias de luxo Cartier. Chandès afirma que “A Fundação Cartier é privada, totalmente financiada pela Cartier para suas comunicações.”
Uma foto tirada por Chandès na comunidade de Davi Kopenawa aparece na página 27 do catálogo da Fundação Cartier de 2003 “Yanomami, o espírito da floresta”, a primeira exposição de arte em que Cartier usava os Yanomami – para esverdear seus imagem de ouro suja?
Foto: Fundação Cartier “Yanomami, o espírito da floresta” / Hervé ChandèsEu me perguntei na época se o mapa que os Yanomami estão segurando mostra a localização de centenas de lojas de relógios de ouro e joias de luxo Cartier ao redor do mundo …?
Antes mesmo do Covid-19, espalhado por garimpeiros, começar a dizimar as comunidades Yanomami, Davi Kopenawa convocou jornalistas do Guardian para informar-se sobre os danos causados pelas minas de ouro em território Yanomami no Brasil. “Era da Extinção – Como uma bomba explodindo: por que a maior reserva do Brasil está ameaçada de destruição” escrito por Dom Phillips.
Em 2018, o Miami Herald conduziu uma investigação aprofundada da indústria internacional de drogas ilegais, intitulada “Como os barões da droga ganham bilhões gastando ouro em Miami para suas joias e telefones.”
Foto: Ouro Sujo Dinheiro Limpo – Ilustração Miami Herald“Muito do ouro comercializado no mundo está manchado de sangue e violações dos direitos humanos”, disse Julián Bernardo González.
Uma grande diferença entre cocaína e ouro? A cocaína é obviamente ilegal. Com ouro, é difícil dizer. Os papéis podem ser falsificados. O metal pode ser derretido e fundido novamente até que sua origem seja impossível de localizar.
Veja como o ouro se encaixa: associados em cartéis de drogas disfarçados de traficantes de metais preciosos compram e exploram ouro na América Latina. Os lucros da cocaína são seu capital inicial. Eles vendem o metal por meio de empresas de fachada – escondendo sua marca criminosa – para refinarias nos Estados Unidos e em outros grandes países compradores de ouro, como a Suíça e os Emirados Árabes Unidos. Assim que o negócio foi fechado, os pilares da cocaína conseguiram transformar seu ouro sujo em prata limpa. Para o mundo exterior, eles não são mais traficantes de drogas; eles são comerciantes de ouro. É lavagem de dinheiro.“
“As regiões de mineração da floresta tropical tornaram-se epicentros do tráfico humano, doenças e destruição ambiental, de acordo com funcionários do governo e investigadores de direitos humanos. Os menores são forçados à escravidão. As prostitutas montam acampamentos perto de menores, aumentando a disseminação de infecções sexualmente transmissíveis. Um grupo de direitos humanos descobriu que 2.000 profissionais do sexo, 60% delas crianças, estavam empregadas em uma única área de mineração no Peru. Enquanto isso, a mineração de superfície e o uso indiscriminado de mercúrio para desenterrar ouro estão transformando grande parte dos ecossistemas mais biodiversos do mundo em uma paisagem lunar de pesadelo. Em 2016, o Peru declarou estado de emergência temporário após envenenamento generalizado por mercúrio em Madre de Dios, uma província na selva atormentada pela mineração ilegal. Quase quatro em cada cinco adultos na capital da região tiveram teste positivo para níveis perigosos de mercúrio.”
Foto: captura de tela – Garimpeiro usando seu corpo para misturar mercúrio com minério e água / “Ouro sujo” – Netflix (“Eu sei que o mercúrio pode matar você no longo prazo.”)Qualquer pessoa que esteja pensando em comprar ou usar ouro deve ver a série de antologia documental “Dirty Money” da Netflix, no episódio intitulado “Dirty Gold” (áudio disponível em português brasileiro). “… que vive com a ameaça diária de execução por parte do … Funcionário da refinaria – orgulho que a Cartier foi um cliente …”
Foto: captura de tela de Dirty Gold / NetflixAté 75% do ouro extraído a cada ano é usado em joias, relógios e outros símbolos de status vãos e fúteis vendidos pela Cartier e outras empresas da indústria de ouro de luxo e desconto em todo o mundo. Dezenas de milhares de árvores na floresta tropical devem ser arrancadas, centenas de toneladas de solo extraídas e misturadas com dezenas de toneladas de poluentes ambientais tóxicos que contaminam terras nativas para este anel dourado especial …
Fotos: capturas de tela do Dirty Gold / NetflixComo um orador na inauguração Cartier de “A Luta Yanomami” disse: “Este é o episódio definitivo da conquista das Américas. O acúmulo de ouro permitiu que a Europa se desenvolvesse. Nós devemos nos mobilizar para evitar o desaparecimento dos povos indígenas” . – e o desaparecimento de florestas essenciais à vida!
No Twitter, a Cartier continua “ajudando” os Yanomami: @Fond_Cartier A Fundação Cartier, pertencente à indústria de joias e relógios de ouro de luxo, anuncia: “Os Yanomami lançaram a campanha #ForaGarimpoForaCovid (#orpalers out – #Covid out) para exigir a remoção de 20.000 garimpeiros ilegais de suas terras. #MinersOutCovidOut ” – Comunicado de imprensa
Em agosto de 2020, Corry anunciou que deixaria o cargo de CEO da Survival International em 2021, o que aparentemente aconteceu, mas alguns dos outros representantes da Survival que estão com a organização há décadas ou menos também estiveram envolvidos com a Cartier.
Atualização: Agora, em 2023, Corry é presidente da Survival France…
Foto: Destruição da mineração de ouro na região de Madre de Dios, no Peru, vista do espaço – NASASegundo a ONG Mongabay, o Brasil exportou quase 20 toneladas de ouro ilegal para Canadá, Europa e Ásia em 2020.
Quase metade do ouro exportado pelo Brasil entre 2015 e 2020, ou 229 toneladas, veio do garimpo ilegal de ouro em terras indígenas na Amazônia.
Os garimpeiros ilegais foram motivados pelo aumento dos preços do ouro, pela retórica pró-mineração do governo Bolsonaro e agora recentemente eleitos políticos locais pró-mineração na região amazônica.
A maior quadrilha do Brasil, o Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), atua desde 2018 nas rotas do ouro e do narcotráfico pelo território Yanomami, em Roraima. Esses criminosos intimidam os Yanomami e incitam a violência contra as comunidades Yanomami com o uso de armas automáticas e bombas de gás lacrimogêneo! O PCC também é afiliado a gangues na Venezuela.
Os territórios Yanomami, no extremo norte do Brasil e também na fronteira com o extremo sul da Venezuela, estão em uma região estratégica para o tráfico internacional de drogas e ouro, bem como para o contrabando de armas. Essa fronteira com a Venezuela há muito é dominada pelo garimpo ilegal de ouro, e parte do ouro de sangue Yanomami acaba sendo vendido no país vizinho. Dário Kopenawa disse: “Os garimpeiros venezuelanos trabalham em nosso território
Yanomami, brasileiros também trabalham na Venezuela. Essa troca de garimpeiros artesanais existe, mas não há fiscalização por parte da legislação nacional, como o exército. Eles não vigiam, não fiscalizam aqui nem fiscalizam as fronteiras entre o Brasil e a Venezuela.
Em entrevista recente ao Estúdio i, o novo presidente do Ibama disse que parte dos garimpeiros expulsos da terra indígena Yanomami no Brasil agora viaja para a Venezuela para garimpar ouro.
Está claro há anos que o crime organizado, cartéis de drogas, refinarias e bancos são cúmplices. Lula se propõe a “consertar” a situação, mas mesmo que o Brasil pare o fluxo de ouro ilegal, os criminosos responsáveis pela verdadeira “cadeia de custódia” da indústria do ouro irão simplesmente vendê-lo através da Venezuela ou de qualquer outro lugar.
Trechos deste excelente artigo da Reuters:
«…mesmo o banco central não sabe se o ouro que compra é legal ou ilegal.
… instou o governo a tomar medidas para desmantelar um anel que lava ouro ilegal através do sistema financeiro para vendê-lo a compradores em países como a Suíça e a Grã-Bretanha.
Atualmente, o ouro é vendido com recibos de papel baseados na “boa fé” do vendedor, o que impossibilita a rastreabilidade de sua origem. »
“Conte o Ouro”
Enormes quantidades de ouro circulam pelo mundo a cada ano. Por trás desse apetite insaciável está uma verdade sombria sobre lavagem de dinheiro, mineração ilegal, danos ambientais e miséria humana.
Praticamente metade do ouro exportado pelo Brasil entre 2015 e 2020, 229 toneladas, veio de minas de ouro selvagens ilegais em terras Indígenas na Amazônia. Os detalhes são explicados neste relatório da ONG Instituto Escolhas: report from NGO Instituto Escolhas. (Excelentes gráficos com texto em inglês e português)
Imagem: Insight Crime
Em recente entrevista ao Valor, https://valor.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2023/02/10/reverter-crise-dos-yanomami-exige-tempo-e-muitas-acoes-diz-antropologo-frances.ghtml
Bruce Albert disse: “A situação é mais complexa hoje do que em 1990, é claro. Em 1990, assistimos ao início da mecanização e capitalização da mineração. Em 2022 estamos diante de verdadeiros garimpeiros ilegais…, altamente mecanizados e capitalizados, operando com escavadeiras de esteiras, abrindo caminhos privados na floresta, com uma frota de aviões e helicópteros. Eles são protegidos por milícias munidas de armamento pesado e provavelmente associadas ao crime organizado do sul do país, por lavagem de dinheiro.
Durante anos, esses garimpeiros submeteram mais da metade da população Yanomami a condições terríveis de saúde precária e desnutrição, violência, exploração sexual e degradação social.
A trágica situação em que os Yanomami no Brasil se encontram atualmente – que é de fato a pior em 50 anos – tem duas causas atribuíveis à má gestão assassina do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro entre 2019 e 2022. A primeira é a inauguração dos indígenas Yanomami Terre a verdadeiras empresas piratas que extraem ouro e cassiterita, em total desrespeito às leis brasileiras e à Constituição.
A terrível situação de saúde e desnutrição causada pela invasão do garimpo ilegal na Terra Indígena Yanomami e a destruição da base de subsistência indígena com rios poluídos, caça e roças devastadas estão longe de serem resolvidas.”
E: “O comércio de ouro deve ser minuciosamente revisto para que o controle da origem do metal produzido e destinado ao setor financeiro e joalheiro seja implementado de forma sistemática”.
O Valor disse na matéria: « Você disse em 2021 que tolerar a mineração em terras indígenas constituía crime de genocídio por omissão. »
Escrevi para Albert no Facebook para comentar sobre esta entrevista: « Esta é uma ótima visão geral, mas, assim como no plano de seis pontos da Survival International, ‘PARE DE COMPRAR OURO’ está faltando. »
Afirmação de Albert de que “O comércio de ouro deve ser minuciosamente revisado para que a fiscalização da origem do metal produzido e destinado ao setor financeiro e joalheiro possa ser implementada de forma sistemática.” não é uma solução viável para o atual modelo de negócios de garimpo focado no crime organizado e na lavagem de dinheiro do tráfico, tão bem detalhado no documentário « Dirty Gold ».
Em um Tweet em 24 de janeiro de 2023, a Survival International apresentou seu “Plano de Seis Pontos”
A crise de saúde Yanomami no #Brasil é “um genocídio que está em andamento há anos” –
@SarahDeeSvl
Trabalhamos com os #Yanomami há mais de 50 anos e não piorou muito desde então. Nossa declaração para acabar com esse genocídio de uma vez por todas: https://survivalinternational.org/news/13608
@BarbaraNavarro
para responder a
@Survival e @SarahDeeSvl
#5 é LOUCO! “Limpar as cadeias produtivas para garantir que quem compra o ouro brasileiro tenha certeza de que foi produzido legalmente”? Onde você estava? Os lucros das drogas do CRIME ORGANIZADO compram ouro sujo que é lavado em refinarias e vendido em todo o mundo! #5 deve ser #BoycottGOLD4YANOMAMI!
Em 1978, Bruce Albert e outro antropólogo, Patrick Menget, fundaram a filial da Survival International “Survival International France”.
Qual foi a influência do consultor da Fundação Cartier Bruce Albert, presidente da Survival France em 2003, durante a primeira exposição “Yanomami” da Cartier?
Em 25 de maio de 2022, a Survival International twittou:
“Bruce Albert também foi vice-presidente da Survival France.” Aparentemente, Albert e Menget alternaram as funções de presidente/vice-presidente? Quando me ofereci para a Survival France, interagi apenas com o diretor, outro antropólogo, Jean-Patrick Razon.
Eles incluíram uma foto intitulada: “Bruce Albert com amigos na comunidade Yanomami de Watoriki, dezembro de 2000. Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris ©Hervé Chandès”
(Sim, Chandès, o diretor da Fondation Cartier que, como ele diz, trabalha “de mãos dadas com a casa Cartier para sua comunicação”)
Foto: Bruce Albert com amigos da comunidade Yanomami de Watoriki, dezembro de 2000. Fundação Cartier de Arte Contemporânea, Paris ©Hervé Chandès
Que contraste devastador com a situação dos Yanomami em 2023, que vivem nas ruas de Boa Vista após receberem tratamento médico para problemas de saúde causados pela devastação do garimpo em seu território:
Yanomami da comunidade Ajarani vivendo nas ruas de Boa Vista – reduzidos a vítimas de “sacrifício humano” pela indústria do ouro? Fotos: Edmar Barros
Segundo relato de Fabiano Maisonnave, « 150 Yanomami conseguem voltar para suas aldeias, mas a espera por uma vaga no voo de volta pode ser muito longa – 10 anos em casos extremos. »
Bruce Albert escreve que Davi Kopenawa “só tem orgulho de desafiar a surdez arrogante dos brancos.” Albert explicou aos Yanomami os detalhes de seu envolvimento com o negócio Cartier?
Segundo reportagem da Globo, « Pequenos negócios receberam ouro ilegal e notas fiscais ilegais. Mais tarde, eles emitiram novas notas ilegais, dando ao ouro uma aparência de legalidade. Em seguida, o ouro foi repassado para empresas maiores no topo da cadeia de exportação. »
Pode-se dizer que a compra de joias, relógios e acessórios de ouro que contenham ouro extraído ilegalmente em terras indígenas configura crime de genocídio por omissão?
Abaixo, um curta-metragem sobre o assunto do Instituto Igarapé em inglês e português:
O Papa Francisco condenou os horrores da mineração de ouro durante uma visita à Amazônia. O boom do ouro na região, disse o papa, tornou-se um « deus falso exigindo sacrifício humano » – ecoando o « ouro canibal » de Davi Kopenawa.
Foto: Xamãs Yanomami lutam contra xawara – fumaça das epidemias
trazidas por garimpeiros – instalação-mídia mista – Barbara Crane NavarroA Cartier e outras empresas da indústria do ouro realmente sabem de onde vem o ouro que vendem como bijuterias? Os regulamentos frouxos e complicados da indústria do ouro podem ter garantido que eles nunca fossem realmente capazes de saber… Eles realmente se importam? E você ?
Foto: A vigília fúnebre dos Yanomami? – instalação (detalhe) Barbara Crane NavarroUma abjeta falta de rastreabilidade permite que toneladas de ouro garimpadas em terras Indígenas nos nove países da região amazônica entrem na cadeia de abastecimento global e acabem em uma joalheria perto de você!
Para mais informações sobre a Cartier e a indústria da arte, aqui –
Acho que a melhor forma de ajudar a preservar a floresta amazônica é ajudar diretamente os povos Indígenas que a protegem! Por favor, junte-se a mim para apoiar e doar para @ApibOficial – a Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil.
Eles fazem mais do que apenas petições aos governos que se beneficiam financeiramente da destruição em curso. A Apib está ajudando as comunidades Indígenas a resolver problemas de saúde em andamento e eles, juntamente com advogados Indígenas, levar os infratores à justiça!
Seguem informações adicionais sobre a APIB em português, inglês, e espanhol:
http://emergenciaindigena.apiboficial.org
E aqui:
https://apiboficial.org/sobre/?lang=en
Por favor, doe aqui:
https://apiboficial.org/apoie/?lang=en
#5 #BoycottGOLD4YANOMAMI #Brasil #comunidades #Covid #FightEcofascism #ForaGarimpoForaCovid #MinersOutCovidOut #povos #TribalPeoples #Yanomami
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How We End Gold Mining’s Ecocide For Good
Gold mining is unparalleled in its environmental destruction and human rights toll. Frustratingly, 93% of gold is used for non-essential purposes like jewellery and investments.
A recent study suggests that transitioning to a fully circular gold economy, relying entirely on recycled gold, is achievable. Recycling gold eliminates mercury use, reduces carbon and water footprints, and still supports industries like technology and jewellery. Human rights groups have long called for the end of this destructive industry. To end gold mining, investors should focus on existing reserves. Governments must ensure justice and ‘land back’ for displaced indigenous peoples; along with a just transition for miners. Make sure you #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami and demand the end to gold mining right now!
New #study finds that recycling #gold would eliminate the mercury pollution and #deforestation of #goldmining. It would also mean an end to violent #indigenous landgrabbing for #gold in #SouthAmerica #BoycottGold4Yanomami @BarbaraNavarro @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-90d
Share to BlueSky Share to Twitter#Gold 🥇🚫 is a controversial commodity because it is unmatched in destruction to #indigenous peoples and #forests. A new study shows how we can end the #ecocide of gold #mining for good! #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami @BarbaraNavarro @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-90d
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Written by Stephen Lezak, Research Manager at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Two trucks transport gold ore from Barrick Cowal Gold Mine in New South Wales, Australia. Jason Benz Bennee/ShutterstockThe 16th-century King Ferdinand of Spain sent his subjects abroad with the command: “Get gold, humanely if possible, but at all hazards, get gold.” His statement rings true today. Gold remains one of the world’s most expensive substances, but mining it is one of the most environmentally and socially destructive processes on the planet.
Around 7% of the gold purchased globally each year is used for industry, technology or medicine. The rest winds up in bank vaults and jewellery shops.
Beautiful objects and stable investments are worthwhile things to create and own, and often have significant cultural value. But neither can justify gold mining’s staggering human and ecological toll. In a recent study, my colleagues and I showed how it might be possible to end mining and instead rely entirely on recycled gold.
Despite improvements in gold mining practices over the past century and new regulations designed to limit mining’s impacts, this industry continues to wreak havoc upon landscapes across every continent except Antarctica.
In a given year, gold mines emit more greenhouse gases than all passenger flights between European nations combined. Gold mining also accounts for 38% of annual global mercury emissions, which cause millions of small-scale miners to suffer from chronic mercury poisoning, which can cause debilitating illness, especially in children.
Our research involved modelling hypothetical scenarios in which gold consumption could decline to more sustainable levels. Using current recycling rates, we examined a fully circular gold economy in which the world’s entire supply of gold came from recycled sources.
Even today, nearly one-quarter of annual gold demand is supplied through recycling, making it one of the world’s most recycled materials. The recycling process uses no mercury and has less than 1% of the water and carbon footprint of mined gold.
We found that a global decline in gold mining would not necessarily derail any of gold’s three central functions in jewellery, technology or as an investment.
Towards circularity
Gold stocks and three scenarios of gold flows. Lezak et al. (2022), CC BY-NC-NDOur model showed that the gold used for industrial purposes (mainly in dentistry and smartphones) could be supplied for centuries even if all gold mining stopped tomorrow.
We also found that jewellery could still be produced with recycled gold in a fully circular gold industry. There would just be about 55% less to go around, which would still leave more than enough for essential uses.
In order to make this future a reality, investors would have to limit their trading to existing reserves, without adding newly mined gold to their coffers.
A world with a shrinking supply of gold would likely mean that consumers would pay more for the same 24-karat pure gold ring. But more likely, jewellery purchases would shift to cheaper (and more durable) alloys of gold that are already popular. And in the future, demand for gold may decline as consumers become more concerned with making sustainable choices.
The role that invested gold plays in the global economy would likely continue to function regardless of extraction. Like Renaissance art, gold is valuable precisely because it is scarce. Ending gold mining would not put an end to the buying and selling of gold for bank vaults. Instead, it would make existing stocks of gold more valuable.
Irrespective of whether the world needs gold, our research suggests that the world does not need gold mining.
Private investors and central banks may balk at this idea. The US government, for example, is the world’s single largest owner of gold, holding US$11 (9.1) billion in reserves. But transitions to sustainability are always hard-won and the gold industry is no exception.
Inspired by other transitions
Like gold, the extraction of fossil fuels is also environmentally damaging. But unlike gold, fossil fuels provide warmth and electricity to homes and businesses, power to vehicles and fertiliser to farms. Transitioning away from this resource required decades of research and investment into clean energy technologies.
By contrast, finding substitutes for gold does not require any research. Jewellery can be made more sustainable by blending gold with other metals. Investors can rely on existing gold stocks and diversify to other stable assets. And technology can continue to use recycled gold when appropriate.
Closing gold mines is the first step. But many regions have grown dependent on gold mining, and artisanal mining alone supports as many as 19 million miners and their families worldwide, mostly in developing economies.
These miners deserve a just transition that ensures they do not become collateral damage in the shift to sustainability. Governments must provide a robust safety net for former gold miners and their families. That includes offering low-cost training and reskilling to ensure that miners can find employment in more sustainable industries.
Steps toward sustainability
Responsibly drawing down gold extraction will take time. But several measures are available to begin the transition today.
On the demand side of the industry, major jewellery brands, including Pandora, have already committed to using only recycled gold by 2025. Global technology firm Apple has also recently set a goal to use exclusively recycled materials by 2030.
On the supply side, mining companies should begin retiring mines that extract only gold. Many copper mines produce gold as a byproduct, which will likely continue into the future.
Meanwhile, institutional investors should stop investing in new gold mines. That includes groups like the World Bank, which has invested US$800 (£660) million in gold mines in Africa, Asia, South America and the Pacific Islands since 2010.
Justice-minded fund managers, such as those overseeing endowments, should add gold mining firms alongside coal producers to their divestment lists. And central banks should redirect their future investments toward other stable stores of value, or at least source exclusively recycled gold.
The world is filled with difficult sustainability trade-offs. Gold mining is not one of them. Drawing down this industry stands out as a relatively easy way to reduce humanity’s footprint on a fragile planet.
Written by Stephen Lezak, Research Manager at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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Artist Barbara Crane Navarro merges art and activism to defend the Amazon and Yanomami from destructive gold mining. Support #BoycottGold4Yanomami.
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#Kayapó #ForestDefenders Urge #UnitedNations to Help Halt Illegal #GoldMining in #Brazil
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
July 23, 2024GENEVA -- "#Indigenous from Brazil urged the United Nations to join them and demand Brazil halt illegal gold mining, and its #mercury #contamination, now destroying the ancestral homelands of #Kayapó, #Yanomami and #Munduruku Peoples, during the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"Doto Takak Ire, Mebêngôkre, said, 'The Kayapó are still warriors and we will always be defenders of the forests.'
"'We do not want any kind of #exploitation of #NaturalResources in our territories. We want the #Amazon protected, so that our children and all the children of the world can grow up healthy.'"
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/kayapo-forest-defenders-urge-united.html#NoGoldMining #NoMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheAmazon #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousRights #CulturalGenocide #WaterIsLife #Pollution
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#Kayapó #ForestDefenders Urge #UnitedNations to Help Halt Illegal #GoldMining in #Brazil
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
July 23, 2024GENEVA -- "#Indigenous from Brazil urged the United Nations to join them and demand Brazil halt illegal gold mining, and its #mercury #contamination, now destroying the ancestral homelands of #Kayapó, #Yanomami and #Munduruku Peoples, during the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"Doto Takak Ire, Mebêngôkre, said, 'The Kayapó are still warriors and we will always be defenders of the forests.'
"'We do not want any kind of #exploitation of #NaturalResources in our territories. We want the #Amazon protected, so that our children and all the children of the world can grow up healthy.'"
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/kayapo-forest-defenders-urge-united.html#NoGoldMining #NoMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheAmazon #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousRights #CulturalGenocide #WaterIsLife #Pollution
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#Kayapó #ForestDefenders Urge #UnitedNations to Help Halt Illegal #GoldMining in #Brazil
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
July 23, 2024GENEVA -- "#Indigenous from Brazil urged the United Nations to join them and demand Brazil halt illegal gold mining, and its #mercury #contamination, now destroying the ancestral homelands of #Kayapó, #Yanomami and #Munduruku Peoples, during the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"Doto Takak Ire, Mebêngôkre, said, 'The Kayapó are still warriors and we will always be defenders of the forests.'
"'We do not want any kind of #exploitation of #NaturalResources in our territories. We want the #Amazon protected, so that our children and all the children of the world can grow up healthy.'"
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/kayapo-forest-defenders-urge-united.html#NoGoldMining #NoMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheAmazon #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousRights #CulturalGenocide #WaterIsLife #Pollution
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#Kayapó #ForestDefenders Urge #UnitedNations to Help Halt Illegal #GoldMining in #Brazil
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
July 23, 2024GENEVA -- "#Indigenous from Brazil urged the United Nations to join them and demand Brazil halt illegal gold mining, and its #mercury #contamination, now destroying the ancestral homelands of #Kayapó, #Yanomami and #Munduruku Peoples, during the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"Doto Takak Ire, Mebêngôkre, said, 'The Kayapó are still warriors and we will always be defenders of the forests.'
"'We do not want any kind of #exploitation of #NaturalResources in our territories. We want the #Amazon protected, so that our children and all the children of the world can grow up healthy.'"
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/kayapo-forest-defenders-urge-united.html#NoGoldMining #NoMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheAmazon #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousRights #CulturalGenocide #WaterIsLife #Pollution
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#Kayapó #ForestDefenders Urge #UnitedNations to Help Halt Illegal #GoldMining in #Brazil
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
July 23, 2024GENEVA -- "#Indigenous from Brazil urged the United Nations to join them and demand Brazil halt illegal gold mining, and its #mercury #contamination, now destroying the ancestral homelands of #Kayapó, #Yanomami and #Munduruku Peoples, during the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"Doto Takak Ire, Mebêngôkre, said, 'The Kayapó are still warriors and we will always be defenders of the forests.'
"'We do not want any kind of #exploitation of #NaturalResources in our territories. We want the #Amazon protected, so that our children and all the children of the world can grow up healthy.'"
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/kayapo-forest-defenders-urge-united.html#NoGoldMining #NoMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheAmazon #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousRights #CulturalGenocide #WaterIsLife #Pollution
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@nadgryzieni #followup do nawigacji. Kilka, może kilkanaście odcinków temu była mowa o nawigacjach. @moridin wspominał o Waze. POjeździłem kilka tyś km i mam przemyślenia.
Społeczna nawigacja ma plusy i minusy. Plus to szybka reakcja na zmiany w siatce map, minus to, to że jeśli brak społeczników - nawigacja leży. U mnie na północy lubuskiego Waze w ogóle jest w tyle. Apple Maps ma świeższe informacje o remontach niż Waze. Próba aminy tam jest bardzo skomplikowana, bo nie tylko zgłaszasz, ale proszą aby wysłać im link do odcinka, którego zmiana dotyczy, samemu nie możesz bo masz za mały staż itd.
Do Apple po prostu zgłaszam i za góra dwa tyg mam mapę poprawioną.
I tu małe podsumowanie:
- jeżeli jeździsz i nawigacja ma Cię dowieźć do celu to AM lub GM wystarczą
- jeżeli oczekujesz super powiadomień do Yanosik (urządzenie lub app w tle) - najdokładniejsze powiadomienia o sytuacji na drogach i nie tylko Policji.
- Waze jest czymś po środku, trochę powiadamia, w miarę prowadzi, ale to wszystko jak dokładnie zależy ilu uczestników i edytorów jest na danym terenie. No chyba że priorytetem jest być w społeczności, np. na Discordzie.
#nawigacje #spostrzezenia #opinia -
@nadgryzieni #followup do nawigacji. Kilka, może kilkanaście odcinków temu była mowa o nawigacjach. @moridin wspominał o Waze. POjeździłem kilka tyś km i mam przemyślenia.
Społeczna nawigacja ma plusy i minusy. Plus to szybka reakcja na zmiany w siatce map, minus to, to że jeśli brak społeczników - nawigacja leży. U mnie na północy lubuskiego Waze w ogóle jest w tyle. Apple Maps ma świeższe informacje o remontach niż Waze. Próba aminy tam jest bardzo skomplikowana, bo nie tylko zgłaszasz, ale proszą aby wysłać im link do odcinka, którego zmiana dotyczy, samemu nie możesz bo masz za mały staż itd.
Do Apple po prostu zgłaszam i za góra dwa tyg mam mapę poprawioną.
I tu małe podsumowanie:
- jeżeli jeździsz i nawigacja ma Cię dowieźć do celu to AM lub GM wystarczą
- jeżeli oczekujesz super powiadomień do Yanosik (urządzenie lub app w tle) - najdokładniejsze powiadomienia o sytuacji na drogach i nie tylko Policji.
- Waze jest czymś po środku, trochę powiadamia, w miarę prowadzi, ale to wszystko jak dokładnie zależy ilu uczestników i edytorów jest na danym terenie. No chyba że priorytetem jest być w społeczności, np. na Discordzie.
#nawigacje #spostrzezenia #opinia -
@nadgryzieni #followup do nawigacji. Kilka, może kilkanaście odcinków temu była mowa o nawigacjach. @moridin wspominał o Waze. POjeździłem kilka tyś km i mam przemyślenia.
Społeczna nawigacja ma plusy i minusy. Plus to szybka reakcja na zmiany w siatce map, minus to, to że jeśli brak społeczników - nawigacja leży. U mnie na północy lubuskiego Waze w ogóle jest w tyle. Apple Maps ma świeższe informacje o remontach niż Waze. Próba aminy tam jest bardzo skomplikowana, bo nie tylko zgłaszasz, ale proszą aby wysłać im link do odcinka, którego zmiana dotyczy, samemu nie możesz bo masz za mały staż itd.
Do Apple po prostu zgłaszam i za góra dwa tyg mam mapę poprawioną.
I tu małe podsumowanie:
- jeżeli jeździsz i nawigacja ma Cię dowieźć do celu to AM lub GM wystarczą
- jeżeli oczekujesz super powiadomień do Yanosik (urządzenie lub app w tle) - najdokładniejsze powiadomienia o sytuacji na drogach i nie tylko Policji.
- Waze jest czymś po środku, trochę powiadamia, w miarę prowadzi, ale to wszystko jak dokładnie zależy ilu uczestników i edytorów jest na danym terenie. No chyba że priorytetem jest być w społeczności, np. na Discordzie.
#nawigacje #spostrzezenia #opinia -
@nadgryzieni #followup do nawigacji. Kilka, może kilkanaście odcinków temu była mowa o nawigacjach. @moridin wspominał o Waze. POjeździłem kilka tyś km i mam przemyślenia.
Społeczna nawigacja ma plusy i minusy. Plus to szybka reakcja na zmiany w siatce map, minus to, to że jeśli brak społeczników - nawigacja leży. U mnie na północy lubuskiego Waze w ogóle jest w tyle. Apple Maps ma świeższe informacje o remontach niż Waze. Próba aminy tam jest bardzo skomplikowana, bo nie tylko zgłaszasz, ale proszą aby wysłać im link do odcinka, którego zmiana dotyczy, samemu nie możesz bo masz za mały staż itd.
Do Apple po prostu zgłaszam i za góra dwa tyg mam mapę poprawioną.
I tu małe podsumowanie:
- jeżeli jeździsz i nawigacja ma Cię dowieźć do celu to AM lub GM wystarczą
- jeżeli oczekujesz super powiadomień do Yanosik (urządzenie lub app w tle) - najdokładniejsze powiadomienia o sytuacji na drogach i nie tylko Policji.
- Waze jest czymś po środku, trochę powiadamia, w miarę prowadzi, ale to wszystko jak dokładnie zależy ilu uczestników i edytorów jest na danym terenie. No chyba że priorytetem jest być w społeczności, np. na Discordzie.
#nawigacje #spostrzezenia #opinia -
@nadgryzieni #followup do nawigacji. Kilka, może kilkanaście odcinków temu była mowa o nawigacjach. @moridin wspominał o Waze. POjeździłem kilka tyś km i mam przemyślenia.
Społeczna nawigacja ma plusy i minusy. Plus to szybka reakcja na zmiany w siatce map, minus to, to że jeśli brak społeczników - nawigacja leży. U mnie na północy lubuskiego Waze w ogóle jest w tyle. Apple Maps ma świeższe informacje o remontach niż Waze. Próba aminy tam jest bardzo skomplikowana, bo nie tylko zgłaszasz, ale proszą aby wysłać im link do odcinka, którego zmiana dotyczy, samemu nie możesz bo masz za mały staż itd.
Do Apple po prostu zgłaszam i za góra dwa tyg mam mapę poprawioną.
I tu małe podsumowanie:
- jeżeli jeździsz i nawigacja ma Cię dowieźć do celu to AM lub GM wystarczą
- jeżeli oczekujesz super powiadomień do Yanosik (urządzenie lub app w tle) - najdokładniejsze powiadomienia o sytuacji na drogach i nie tylko Policji.
- Waze jest czymś po środku, trochę powiadamia, w miarę prowadzi, ale to wszystko jak dokładnie zależy ilu uczestników i edytorów jest na danym terenie. No chyba że priorytetem jest być w społeczności, np. na Discordzie.
#nawigacje #spostrzezenia #opinia