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The defense of the Amazon is a fight for the future of the earth
/ 2 days ago
Sept. 2019 Fire Amazonas 8:24 (Bruno Kelly:Reuters)
Aftermath of a forest fire in Amazonas state, Brazil, on Aug. 24, 2019.
(Bruno Kelly / Reuters)
STATEMENT FROM MEXICO
???I don???t want flowers at my funeral, because I know they will be taken
from the forest.??? ??? Chico Mendes
The defense of the Amazon is a fight for the future of the earth.
Although the destruction of the Amazon rainforest was already an
alarming issue for decades, with the acceleration of this process due to
the negligence of the government of the extreme rightist Jair Bolsonaro,
but above all to its direct complicity with agribusiness, livestock and
mining companies, it becomes even more urgent is that our species takes
decisive measures to stop the catastrophe. In turn, this highlights the
organic link between environmental devastation and the prevailing
political and economic relations: the fate of our planet and our
civilization should not be left to a system that promotes private gain
at the expense of the common good.
It is imperative to understand that, although the deforestation of the
Amazon most directly affects the peoples of the nine countries that host
it, especially the indigenous peoples who form part of the forest, its
degradation and destruction has regional and global impacts. It contains
about 20% of the planet???s fresh water, is one of the most bio-diverse
eco-regions and constitutes one of the most important carbon stores in
the world, so the loss of this ecosystem not only deprives humanity of
multiple material and intangible contributions to its well-being, but
also alters the planetary living conditions under which both our species
and those on which we depend have evolved.
Of particular concern is the immediate impact that the release of tons
of greenhouse gases, produced by the combustion of the forest biomass,
will have on global warming, especially when, according to the estimates
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we are in the
limitation period to carry out the necessary civilizational
transformations to strengthen some possibility that planetary change
does not impede our life as we know it. Bolsonaro, in the manner of a
disastrous Brazilian Donald Trump, denies scientific evidence and, along
with his racist, misogynist, anti-secular, anti-worker and anti-sexual
diversity policies, erodes environmental regulations for the benefit of
extractive companies , which is why articulating a broad political
opposition to his regime and its international supporters is key to the
future of the Amazon rainforest and humanity.
We who subscribe to this statement, call for internationalist solidarity
with the indigenous communities of the Amazon, especially with the
thousands of women who marched in Brasilia to defend it; with the
agro-ecological movements, with the scientific community that resists
reactionary obscurantism, with the workers of the countryside and the
city who oppose the resurgence of neoliberalism, with the students who
take to the streets and, in general, with all sectors inside and outside
Brazil that fight for the jungle and for humanity. It is important that,
at the same time, we put pressure on governments and the United Nations
Organization itself to take actions to stop and mitigate fires, while
identifying and ceasing the promotion of companies and sectors directly
benefiting from the destruction of the Amazon jungle.
As for Mexico, which, like Brazil, is part of the group of mega-diverse
countries, threats to biocultural wealth through government policy are
also a challenge. As part of a global contest for the future, it is up
to us to question, challenge and oppose in an organized manner the Tren
Maya, Corredor Ferroviario Trans??stmico, ???Sembrando Vida??? and the
Proyecto Integral Morelos which, together with the Special Economic
Zones and agricultural projects, roads, tourism, energy, port and mining
still in progress, maintain the neo-liberal and extractivist orientation
that benefits a minority at the expense of the welfare of ecosystems,
communities and the working population. In Mexico, we also fight for the
Earth contesting the present and seeking to have a dignified future,
without exploitation, misery or extermination: Our struggle is for life!
Signatory organisations :
Ciencia para el Pueblo
Carnaval del Ma??z
Haciendo Milpa A.C.
Red Universitaria Anticapitalista (RUA)
Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME)
Nueva Central de Trabajadores (NCT)
Colectivo de J??venes de la Nueva Central de Trabajadores
Organizaci??n Pol??tica del Pueblo y los Trabajadores (OPT)
Partido Revolucionario de las y los Trabajadores (PRT)
Agrupaci??n de Lucha Socialista (ALS)
Red Humedales de Colima
La Otra Ciencia
Pro Pedregal ??? Ciencias
AxM Colectivo
Colectivo Transdisciplinario de Investigaciones Cr??ticas (COTRIC)
Colectiva Feminista Socialista Voces de Lilith
Pacto Morelos por la Soberan??a Alimentaria y Energ??tica y los Derechos
de las y los Trabajadores
Comisi??n Independiente de Derechos Humanos de Morelos A. C. Rebeli??n
Espacio Estudiantil 2 de Octubre
Revive M??xico A.C.
Colectivo ??Qu?? hacer aqu?? con esto????
Brigada Animal M??xico
The Save Movement
Climate Save Movement
Centro Integral de Comunicaci??n Comunitaria
Cooperativa TRADOC
Red Yo voy 8 de Marzo
Cuerpos Parlantes
Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de M??xico (CUT)
Colectiva Vulvurina
Colectivo de Mujeres de Puerto Vallarta
Frente del Pueblo (FP)
Comit?? de Unidad Popular (CUP)
Consejo Popular Magonista (COPM)
Sendero socialista (SS)
Organizaci??n Nacional del Poder Popular (ONPP)
Organizaci??n Proletaria Emiliano Zapata (OPEZ Hist??rica)
Grupo Socialista Obrero (GSO)
Partido Revolucionario del Pueblo (PRP)
Frente Socialista (Fp, CUP, COPM, PRT, SS, OPT, ONPP, OPEZ Hist??rica,
GSO y PRP)
Sindicato de Independiente de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores Acad??micos de
la UNAM (SITTAUNAM)
Laboratorio de Ecolog??a de Paisajes Fragmentados del IIES-UNAM
Colectivo Latinoam??rica Socialista
Pro Fauna Silvestre Animalis
Individual signatories:
Julio Mu??oz Rubio (Researcher CEIICH, UNAM)
Francisco De Parres G??mez (COTRIC, RUA
Carolina Elizabeth D??az I??igo (COTRIC y RUA)
Mayvelin Flores Villag??mez
Argelia Guerrero Renter??a
Claudio Garc??a Ehrenfeld
Carlos Corona Salda??a
Oscar V??lez Ruiz Gait??n (Revive M??xico A.C.)
Juan Esteban Mart??nez G??mez
Mayvelin Flores Villag??mez
Argelia Guerrero Renter??a.
Carlos Corona Salda??a Ra??l Romero
Alejandro Espinosa (INIFAP)
Diego Luz (assistant professor, Faculty of Economics UNAM)
Melissa Tzitziki
David Emigdio Andrade Hidalgo y Costilla
Sergio Prieto D??az (ECOSUR Campeche)
Jos?? Mart??nez Cruz
Juliana G. Quintanilla
Marco Aurelio Palma Apodaca
Paloma Estrada Mu??oz
Carlos Ezequiel Hern??ndez
Lilia Flores
H??ctor Sotomayor (DEPD/BUAP)
Carla Daniela Escobar Ortiz
Sarah Alejandra
Edgard S??nchez
Josefina Ch??vez
Apolline Anor
Mart??n de Jes??s Cervantes L??pez (student, IIES, UNAM)
Mar??a Fernanda Merlos P??rez (student, IIES, UNAM)
Emilio Arenas Guerrero (IIES-UNAM, Morelia)
Ra??l Tauro (Red Mexicana de Bionerg??a)
David Alejandro Brindis Badillo (IIES, UNAM)
Amiel Aketzali Moreno
Jos?? Santos
Germ??n Hurtado
Alberto B??rcenas
Javier Contreras Villase??or (teacher and choreographer)
Antonio Casas Castillo (teacher SEP Educaci??n Ind??gena and university
teacher)
Antonio Gonz??lez Rodr??guez (Researcher IIES UNAM)
Gabriela Arroyo Robles (IIES)
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