{"id":170780,"date":"2020-10-19T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=170780"},"modified":"2020-10-18T06:11:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T05:11:17","slug":"this-is-my-message-to-the-western-world-your-civilisation-is-killing-life-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/10\/this-is-my-message-to-the-western-world-your-civilisation-is-killing-life-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is My Message to the Western World \u2013 Your Civilisation Is Killing Life on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

We Indigenous people are fighting to save the Amazon, but the whole planet is in trouble because you do not respect it.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Amazon Frontlines<\/p><\/div>\n

12 Oct 2020 – <\/em>Dear presidents of the nine Amazonian countries and to all world leaders that share responsibility for the plundering of our rainforest,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My name is Nemonte Nenquimo. I am a Waorani woman, a mother, and a leader of my people. The Amazon rainforest is my home. I am writing you this letter because the fires are raging still<\/a>. Because the corporations are spilling oil in our rivers<\/a>. Because the miners are stealing gold<\/a> (as they have been for 500 years), and leaving behind open pits and toxins. Because t<\/strong>he land grabbers are cutting down primary forest<\/a> so that the cattle can graze, plantations can be grown and the white man can eat. Because our elders are dying from coronavirus<\/a>, while you are planning your next moves to cut up our lands to stimulate an economy that has never benefited us. Because, as Indigenous peoples, we are fighting to protect what we love \u2013 our way of life, our rivers, the animals, our forests, life on Earth \u2013 and it\u2019s time that you listened to us.<\/p>\n