14 October 2007

Alliance of the Peoples of the Forest

PEOPLES OF THE FOREST, UNITED IN NA ALLIANCE OF THE PEOPLES OF THE FOREST, LAUNCH MANIFEST TO SAVE THE AMAZON FROM THE TRAGEDIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

WE, the Peoples of the Amazon Rainforest, reunited in the Negro River during the I Seminar on the Importance of the Peoples of the Forest in the Context of the Global Climate Change", organized by the Alliance of the Peoples of the Amazon Rainforest, a twenty-year old network working in the defense of the Amazon and of a better way of life for its peoples, decided:

WARN:

About the impact of the Climate Changes on the Planet, Brazil and the Amazon. Cientists reiterate that global warming can elevate the Amazon temperature in up to 12 degrees Celsius still in this Century, which will result in less rain, more draugth, less biodiversity and more danger for the peoples of the Amazon. And this impact is not virtual. It is already been felt by our communities, where our indigenous populations can no longer use the lunar calendar, because the wheather has already changed in our region.

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