Fwd: Threat to isolated indigenous people in Paraguay

Thu Mar 29 20:50:52 BST 2007

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> From: Maria Glauser [mailto:maria.glauser at mac.com]
> Sent: 29 March 2007 12:10
> To: maria glauser
> Subject: Threat to isolated indigenous people in Paraguay
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> Via: "Ben Metz" <bmetz at ashoka.org>
>> Date: 29 March 2007 19:36:51 BDT
>> To: "Simon Fairlie" <Chapter7 at tlio.org.uk>
>> Cc: "Maria Glauser" <maria.glauser at the-hub.net>
>> Subject: FW: Threat to isolated indigenous people in Paraguay
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> Hi all,
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> For the last 15 years my family and I have been close to the Ayoreo  
> in the Paraguayan Chaco. I wrote my thesis on their learning and  
> knowledge-sharing practices, my brother is currently writing on  
> their concept of territory and maps and my dad is working full time  
> supporting the Ayoreo's own life projects to be more self-reliant  
> in the context of modern society.
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> A small group of Ayoreo is still living in voluntary isolation in  
> the virgin forest. For the people we've worked with - violently  
> taken out of the forest years ago and now living in poor  
> settlements, their relatives in the forest not only carry the  
> essence of their culture, but also their understanding and answers  
> re their relationship to the world (including us and modernity).  
> The isolated group will eventually leave the forest, but for the  
> different groups in the settlements the fact that there is this  
> group still living as before gives them tremendous strength to  
> rethink their lives and support the continuity of their culture in  
> a modern context.
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> More here: www.iniciativa-amotocodie.org
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> Now the reason for this email:
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> * biggest challenge ahead
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> * UMBU Ltd has bought 40,000 hectares of virgin forest in the heart  
> of where the group in isolation lives
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> * they are about to chop down 24,000 hectares
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> * they were given all related permissions contradicting local multi- 
> sector agreements to protect  the area and a legal prohibition to  
> go near the group
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> * similar situations in the near past have caused bloody encounters  
> between Ayoreo and white people
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> So, just thought I would share this with all of you. If you wanted  
> to support with action you can do two things:
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> 1. Customize and send the email attached to the Paraguayan  
> authorities in charge (all details ready)
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> 2. Forward this email to people you know who work for indigenous  
> and land rights, maybe they can help too.
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> Thanks for reading this, it means a lot to me!
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> Maria
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>> Subject: Grave Amenaza en Amotocodie (p)
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>> Estimadas amigas, estimados amigos,
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>> Nos encontramos actualmente frente a la amenaza más grave que  
>> tuvimos que enfrentar hasta ahora en nuestra labor de proteger la  
>> integridad del hábitat Amotocodie de los grupos Ayoreo aislados.
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>> Una empresa de nombre Ganadera UMBU S.A. compró 40.000 hectáreas.  
>> de monte virgen en el mismo centro del área, y proyecta desmontar  
>> 24.000 hectáreas (240 kilómetros cuadrados) de las mismas. Las  
>> autoridades competentes ya le han otorgado todos los permisos  
>> correspondientes, y los trabajos podrían comenzar en cualquier  
>> momento.
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>> El área en cuestión está en uso por parte de dos grupos  
>> aislados. El desmonte provoca con alta probabilidad una situación  
>> de contacto que constituiría una grave violación de los derechos  
>> humanos y de vida de estos grupos que siempre han vivido allí.  
>> Además, la misma puede conducir a un baño de sangre, tal como  
>> ocurrió en el pasado.
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>> Iniciativa Amotocodie, en el marco de su trabajo, ha tomado todas  
>> las medidas legales del caso, pero no ha logrado parar el proyecto  
>> de desmonte hasta el momento.
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>> Los Ayoreo por su lado, a través de la UNAP (Unión de Nativos  
>> Ayoreo de Paraguay), han presionado a las autoridades competentes  
>> y han hecho pública esta grave situación. Están determinados de  
>> luchar por la integridad tanto de sus hermanos del monte, como de  
>> su hábitat que forma parte del conjunto del territorio ancestral  
>> del Pueblo Ayoreo.
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>> La mencionada situación está descrita con más detalle en la  
>> carta que adjuntamos (en castellano y en inglés). Les invitamos  
>> asimismo de visitar nuestra página web para más información  
>> contextual ( www.iniciativa-amotocodie.org )
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>> Les solicitamos difundir la carta con ruego de que sea reenviada a  
>> las autoridades paraguayas competentes, cuyas direcciones figuran  
>> abajo.
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>> En el caso de no disponer de mecanismos de difusión como redes de  
>> amigos o de instituciones interesadas, le hacemos llegar este mail  
>> y las cartas anexas con el ruego de simplemente tomar conocimiento  
>> de esta situación.
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>> Con nuestros más cordiales saludos
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>> Benno Glauser
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>> Benno Glauser
>> Coordinador General
>> INICIATIVA AMOTOCODIE
>> Filadelfia - Chaco - PARAGUAY
>> Tel./Fax.: (0491) 32632
>> www.iniciativa-amotocodie.org
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