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"As our Amazon Watch team heads back home from Brazil’s capital city, we’re
celebrating a major victory for Indigenous peoples! Brazilian President Lula da
Silva announced at this year’s Free Land Camp, or
Acampamento Terra Livre
(ATL), in Brasília that he is formally recognizing several Indigenous Lands and
following through on his campaign promise to ”not leave a single Indigenous
territory unprotected.”
Our ATL delegation included our Social Media Coordinator Dalia McGill, Digital
Organizer Cinthya Flores, Brazil Legal Advisor Ana Carolina Alfinito, Brazil
Campaign Advisor Gabriela Sarmet, and Brazil Program Director Ana Paula Vargas.
Together we witnessed this historic moment at Brazil’s largest gathering of
Indigenous peoples.
The theme of ATL this year was
Demarcação Já, or “Demarcation Now!”
Demarcation is the Brazilian government’s process for the formal recognition
and titling of Indigenous lands. Lula’s announcement of six Indigenous Lands
marks a historic milestone in the Indigenous resistance for the full respect
and recognition of Indigenous rights, self-determination, and autonomous
governments.
Now, one of the Indigenous territories entering the final steps of the
demarcation process is Sawré Muybu, the Munduruku Indigenous land that 2023
Goldman Prize Winner Alessandra Munduruku and her community have been working
to get formally recognized for decades. This is a major victory for Indigenous
peoples, the Amazon, and our climate!
To inspire our movement to celebrate and remain energized toward a permanently
protected Amazon, we are sharing photos and quotes from Indigenous leaders at
ATL that we had the privilege of connecting with.
Sawe!"
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
