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Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
Tashka e Laura Yawanawá: O Amazonas perténcelle á humanidade, protexámolo xuntos
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Tashka e Laura Yawanawá lideran o pobo Yawanawá en Acre, Brasil, a tribo que administra case 500.000 acres de selva amazónica. Mentres as gravacións do Amazonas ardendo sacuden a conciencia do mundo, Tashka e Laura pídennos transformar este momento nunha oportunidade para apoiar á poboación indíxena que ten a experiencia, o coñecemento e os recursos necesarios para protexer a terra.
Tashka and Laura Yawanawá - Leaders of the Yawanawá
Chief Tashka Yawanawá and Laura Yawanawá represent the critical perspective often missed in the discussions about the future of indigenous people in Brazil: that of the indigenous people themselves. Full bio
Chief Tashka Yawanawá and Laura Yawanawá represent the critical perspective often missed in the discussions about the future of indigenous people in Brazil: that of the indigenous people themselves. Full bio
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Tashka Yawanawá (Sharp exhale)
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(Singing)
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(Cantando.)
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(Singing ends)
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(Termina de cantar.)
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(Sharp exhale)
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I'm Tashka Yawanawá.
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Son Tashka Yawanawá.
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I'm here with my wife.
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Estou aquí coa miña muller.
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I come from the Yawanawá community,
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Veño da comunidade yawanawá,
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which is located in the state of Acre
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ubicada no estado de Acre
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in the Brazilian Amazon.
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no Amazonas brasileiro.
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Takes some days to arrive here.
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Leva algúns días chegar ata aqui.
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I just did the song
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Acabo de cantar
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to reconnect us
to the spirit of the rainforest.
to the spirit of the rainforest.
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para reconectarnos co espírito da selva.
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From immemorial time,
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Desde tempos inmemoriais,
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my people live in the Yawanawá territory.
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a miña xente vive no territorio yawanawá.
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We see this holistic way
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Vemos este xeito holístico
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of how nature is.
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de como é a natureza.
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Nature, to us, belongs
to the whole of humanity.
to the whole of humanity.
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A natureza, para nós, pertence
a toda a humanidade.
a toda a humanidade.
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And we Yawanawá see
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E nós, os yawanawá, consideramos
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the environment, the forest, as alive.
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o contorno, o bosque, como seres vivos.
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But everything is always a challenge.
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Pero todo é sempre un reto.
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Mostly now, because I think
many of you know
many of you know
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Sobre todo agora, porque creo
que moitos sabedes
que moitos sabedes
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that the Amazon now is on fire.
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que o Amazonas está en chamas,
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That affects all of us.
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Iso aféctanos a todos.
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Destroying the Amazon does not affect
just the indigenous people,
just the indigenous people,
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A destrución do Amazonas
non afecta só aos indíxenas,
non afecta só aos indíxenas,
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because we are all connected.
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porque estamos todos conectados.
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Whatever we do in my community,
if I burn everything,
if I burn everything,
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O que sexa que fagamos na miña comunidade,
se queimo todo,
se queimo todo,
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it's going to affect it here,
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vai afectar aquí,
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when the snow comes here at Christmas.
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cando a neve chegue no Nadal.
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If you pollute here,
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Se contaminades aquí,
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it's going to affect it when the rain
comes to my country.
comes to my country.
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vai afectar cando a chuvia
chegue ao meu país.
chegue ao meu país.
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I used to say we all belong
to the global village.
to the global village.
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Adoitaba dicir que formamos parte
do pobo global.
do pobo global.
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I used to say, Amazon belongs to humanity,
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Adoitaba dicir que o Amazonas
pertence á humanidade,
pertence á humanidade,
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and also that humanity needs to take care
as the indigenous do in the world.
as the indigenous do in the world.
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e tamén que a humanidade ten que coidalo
tanto como o facemos os indíxenas.
tanto como o facemos os indíxenas.
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And for this reason,
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E por esa razón,
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today is a time to wake, unite us.
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hoxe é tempo de espertar, unirse a nós.
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We Yawanawá are doing our part.
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Os yawanawá estamos a pór
da nosa parte.
da nosa parte.
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We take care of Mother Earth.
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Coidamos a Nai Terra.
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And now, I will give to my wife.
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E agora, deixo á miña muller.
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Laura Yawanawá: We are here
with our hearts crying.
with our hearts crying.
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Estamos aquí cos corazóns chorando.
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I am smiling here, but my heart is crying,
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Estou sorrindo pero o meu corazón chora
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because a lot of our forests
are being destroyed.
are being destroyed.
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porque moitos dos nosos bosques
están sendo destruídos.
están sendo destruídos.
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And I just want to give you a message.
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E só quero darvos unha mensaxe.
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This crisis is giving
humanity two options.
humanity two options.
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Esta crise estalle dando á humanidade
dúas opcións:
dúas opcións:
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One option is you help to end,
to destroy and exterminate
to destroy and exterminate
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Unha é axudar a finalizar,
destruír e exterminar
destruír e exterminar
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all our forests and all
our cultures that go with it.
our cultures that go with it.
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todos os nosos bosques
e as culturas que dependen deles.
e as culturas que dependen deles.
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Or, we transform this crisis
into an opportunity
into an opportunity
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Outra, transformarmos esta crise
nunha oportunidade
nunha oportunidade
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to empower indigenous people,
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de darlle poder á poboación indíxena,
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to support indigenous people
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de apoiala
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and to save the rainforest
and their cultures.
and their cultures.
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e de salvar a selva e as súas culturas.
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And how can you do that?
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E como podes facelo?
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We have, the Yawanawá,
we created a life plan,
we created a life plan,
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Nós fixémolo, os yawanawá
creamos un plan de vida,
creamos un plan de vida,
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which is our strategic planning
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que é a nosa planificación estratéxica
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that tells us the steps
of how we want to secure our territory.
of how we want to secure our territory.
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que nos di os pasos que debemos seguir
para asegurar o noso territorio.
para asegurar o noso territorio.
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We take care of about
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
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Coidamos aproximadamente
200.000 hectáreas de selva.
200.000 hectáreas de selva.
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But now it's under threat.
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Pero agora está ameazada.
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So this life plan shows the steps
for us to secure our land,
for us to secure our land,
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Así que este plan mostra os pasos
para que aseguremos a terra,
para que aseguremos a terra,
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our biodiversity,
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a nosa biodiversidade,
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our culture, our education.
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a nosa cultura, a nosa educación.
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I invite you all,
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Invítovos a todos,
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I invite all companies,
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invito a todas as empresas,
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I invite all governments,
all civil society,
all civil society,
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invito a todos os gobernos,
a toda a sociedade civil,
a toda a sociedade civil,
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to listen to indigenous peoples,
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a escoitar ós pobos indíxenas,
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to go back to our roots.
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a volver ás nosas orixes.
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We have been here
for many, many ... for centuries.
for many, many ... for centuries.
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Levamos aquí moito, moito tempo...
séculos.
séculos.
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And we have been trying
to scream to the world
to scream to the world
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E intentamos berrarlle ao mundo
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that we need to protect
our territory, our nature.
our territory, our nature.
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que temos que protexer
o noso territorio, a nosa natureza.
o noso territorio, a nosa natureza.
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And you never listen to us.
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E nunca escoitades.
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Never.
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Nunca.
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I guess this crisis is teaching humanity
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Supoño que esta crise
estalle ensinando á humanidade
estalle ensinando á humanidade
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that now you need to listen to us
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que agora tedes que escoitarnos
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and to support indigenous
peoples directly,
peoples directly,
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e apoiar os pobos indíxenas
directamente,
directamente,
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to support their initiatives directly.
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apoiar as súas iniciativas directamente.
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So that's the message
that I would love to leave to you.
that I would love to leave to you.
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Así que esa é a mensaxe que
me gustaría deixarvos.
me gustaría deixarvos.
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That indigenous people have the answer,
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Que os indíxenas teñen a resposta,
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and if you want to save the Amazon,
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e que se queredes salvar o Amazonas,
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we have to take action now.
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temos que facer algo.
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TY: (Sharp exhale)
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TY: (Sopra forte.)
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tashka and Laura Yawanawá - Leaders of the YawanawáChief Tashka Yawanawá and Laura Yawanawá represent the critical perspective often missed in the discussions about the future of indigenous people in Brazil: that of the indigenous people themselves.
Why you should listen
For Tashka and Laura Yawanawá, leaders of the Yawanawá people living in the Acre region of Brazil, engagement with the world begins with his people’s right to self-determination and self-worth.
The son of a former leader of the Yawanawá, as a boy Tashka witnessed the near annihilation of his culture by the New Tribes Mission and by the pressure of economic interests. He studied in the United States and visited other indigenous communities. With other tribal leaders in the Amazon, he is working to restore dignity, identity and a sustainable economic future to indigenous populations, founded on their own values, culture and definition of prosperity.
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