Posts tagged "land"
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April 12
‘If the next generation waits here, they will learn drinking, smoking and gambling. All the wrong things.’
- Tapal Bandialetto, Wanniyala-Aetto tribe, Sri Lanka, speaking of his life outside the national park his people have been evicted from.
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December 11
Marcos Veron was killed in 2003 during an attempt to return to his land. Today, gunmen in Brazil are brazenly intimidating indigenous communities with a hit list of prominent leaders, following the high profile murder of Nísio Gomes last month. Your support is vital for the Guarani’s survival. There are lots of ways you can help. Donate to Survival’s campaign for the Guarani Write to the Brazilian government using Survival’s online letter-writing tool Write to your MP or MEP (UK) or Senators and members of Congress (US). Write to your local Brazilian embassy If you want to get more involved, contact Survival

Marcos Veron was killed in 2003 during an attempt to return to his land. Today, gunmen in Brazil are brazenly intimidating indigenous communities with a hit list of prominent leaders, following the high profile murder of Nísio Gomes last month.

Your support is vital for the Guarani’s survival. There are lots of ways you can help.

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November 11
‘Our ancestral land contains forests, rattan, birds, monkeys and other wildlife. We defend them because they are our food. That is why the earth is sacred to us. The mountains are our cathedrals. The earth is filled with life: bees, wild pigs, birds, monkeys, trees, fish and wild chickens. This gives abundance to our lives. The earth is our parent: it is our father and mother who helps us grow and wakes us from our sleep. The earth is dear to our bodies.’
- Datu Mampadayag
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November 11
Kethe Gowda, one of the first Soliga in India’s BR Hills to receive both the land and community rights to the forests of a tiger reserve. These are the documents which grant his tribe the right to extract non-timber from the forests and to be responsible for its conservation.  They had faced being evicted from their land.©Kalyan Varma/Survival

Kethe Gowda, one of the first Soliga in India’s BR Hills to receive both the land and community rights to the forests of a tiger reserve. These are the documents which grant his tribe the right to extract non-timber from the forests and to be responsible for its conservation.  They had faced being evicted from their land.

©Kalyan Varma/Survival