Posted on Sustainabilitank.info on April 21st, 2008
by Pincas Jawetz (PJ@SustainabiliTank.com)
The 7th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) started today its meetings at the UN in New York.
The topic is: CLIMATE CHANGE, BIO-CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS: THE STEWARDSHIP ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND NEW CHALLENGES.”
We lived in comity with Mother Earth. We must understand that Planet Earth is not a commodity, a business. Some people think only about money - not the future. It is important to think about life and humanity and equality and justice - not to concentration of land in the hand of a few. We will not get away if the environment gets so bad. Let us use the money for saving the land.
And then on BIOFUELS: “A very serious Impact.” At the conference of MarcoSul I lstened to what some were saying. So What do they mean by “BIOFUELS?” THEY TOLD ME IT IS AGRO-FUELS.
For who? These are agricultural products - if mother earth is to feed engines? Cars come ahead of people? The machines are more important then life-form?
For us it is clear - life is first. But these policies already have negative imputs. The price of wheat, internationally has caused inflation in our country. This is extremely serious These policies are very harmful to poor people - even in the US.
BASIC PROBLEMS OF JUSTICE AND LIFE AEW THE CONCENTRATION OF MONEY IN THE HANDS OF A FEW - PRESIDENT MORALES SAID.






















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