Friday 12 June 2009

The Front Line

We must listen to the cry of the earth which is asking for help. The earth has no price. It can't be bought, or sold or exchanged. It is very important that white people, black people and indigenous peoples fight together to save the life of the forest and the earth. If we don't fight together what will our future be? Your children need land and nature alive and standing.

These are the words of Peruvian Indian spokesman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami as Alan Garcia’s government backed by foreign multinationals sets about removing the indigenous people from the Amazon and tearing down rainforest. Read about it here

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