Amazon Rainforest Forever (english version)

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BRAZILIAN ARTIST'S OPEN LETTER ON THE AMAZON DEFORESTATION

We just celebrated the smallest Amazon Rainforest deforestation rate of the past three years: 17 thousand square kilometers. This corresponds almost to the half size of the Netherlands. We have already been able to destroy 16% of the total rainforest area, which corresponds to twice the size of Germany and three areas corresponding to the state of Sao Paulo. We do not have a reason to celebrate it at all. Amazon is not planet's lung, but renders services to Brazil and to the world. This green vastness extending over five million square kilometers is a thermal layer generated by nature to prevent the sunrays from reaching the ground, and thus enabling the existence of the most luxuriant forest on earth, which helps to regulate the planet's temperature.

It has been tilted in its exuberance, raped by unscrupulous lumberjacks, who set its emerald coverage on fire, giving way to foreigners that humiliate the forest by planting pasture or soybean over its centenary chestnut-tree ashes. In spite of the extraordinary effort for conservation unit implementation as an alternative for the sustainable development, the deforestation continues. Even after Chico Mendes' blood having sealed the men/nature pact, as well as the rubber latex extractor and Indian, even after the forest people alliance "for the right to maintain our forests untouched, as we need them for survival", even after several sagas full of heroism, death and passion, the Amazon deforestation continues.

As in the past, we consider the Rainforest as being an obstacle to progress, an area that has to be subdued and conquered. An enormous land stock that might be turned into low production pastures, soybean plantations and vegetable species to be used as alternative fuel or even inexhaustible wood, fish, gold, mineral and energy sources. We are people with no responsibility at all. The deforestation and burning are symbols of our incompetence to understand the susceptibility and instability of the Amazon ecosystem and how to deal with it.

A country that possesses 165.000 square kilometers of abandoned or semi-abandoned deforested areas might double its grain production without having to fell one single tree. Without the forest the soil will be of no avail. It is urgent that we become responsible for managing our natural resources' leftover.

Thus, from our point of view, the only reasonable proceeding to diminish the almost irreversible deforestation effects, is given under § 4 of Article 225, of our Federal Constitution:

"The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest (...) is a national inheritance, and its use will be performed within law requirements, which assure the environment preservation, even with regard to the use of its natural resources".

Having its enforcement to be implemented on municipal, state and federal levels, thus assuring THE IMMEDIATE INTERRUPTION OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON RAINFOREST DEFORESTATION. NOW!

Time has come to visualize our trees as monuments of our culture and history.

WE ARE FOREST PEOPLE!

AMAZONIA FOREVER

Concept and Project
CHRISTIANE TORLONI
ctorloni@amazoniaparasempre.com.br
VICTOR FASANO
vfasano@amazoniaparasempre.com.br

Text
JUCA DE OLIVEIRA
joliveira@amazoniaparasempre.com.br

Pictures
ARAQUÉM ALCÂNTARA
FRANCISCO CARRERA

Musics
BRAZILIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM - FRANCISCO MANUEL DA SILVA (Opening)
BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS Nº 5 - HEITOR VILLA LOBOS (Manifesto)

Narration
CHRISTIANE TORLONI (Portuguese)
JUCA DE OLIVEIRA (Portuguese)
VICTOR FASANO (Portuguese and English)

Translation
FRAUKE ALLMENROEDER (English)
KATIA CHALITA (French)
MAITHÉ HAKIM (French)
PROFa. VANISE LEITE NUNES (Spanish)

Production and Administration
CLÁUDIO GOMIDE
cgomide@amazoniaparasempre.com.br

Audio
ALEXANDRE DE FARIA

MailMaster
ELZA COSTA
ecosta@amazoniaparasempre.com.br
PAULO ZANON
pzanon@amazoniaparasempre.com.br

Web Designer
CARLOS EDUARDO ASCHENBERGER
caschenberger@amazoniaparasempre.com.br


Thanks
BRAZILIAN MUSIC ACADEMY / DR. HENRIQUE GANDELMAN
JULIANA TERESA HANNICKEL
PROFa. MARIA DA GLÓRIA SAMPAIO FERNANDES
ROBSON SANTANNA

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News & Politics

Tags:

• amazon
• rain
• forest
• brazil
• climate
• crisis

[nowxyourxgone]

these videos about rain forest devistation has inspired me to do a project related to this in my english class. Thank You.

[ethaslanded]

Yes... you do that please... thank you.

[Somebodyloveall]

How sad is that?...Counting on the corrupted government of Brazil, big foreigner companies are manipulating and also getting the royaltys of products from the amazon...After all, who's got the idea of planting soy in the forest? The USA!!! This is financed by the US and Japan! They have areas there that no one is alowed to enter... What is it? What are they doing? Burning down the Amazon and destroying the environment!!! And the brazilians will be blamed for it...as usual!

[principalsuspeito]

Indeed, people who destroy the forest should be in jail. And our government isn´t doing enough yet on this side, right.

But to invade a sovereign country is not a good idea. How about point a gun on the man´s head who didn´t sign the Kyoto Protocol ? Too much difficult, isn´t it ?

[ORLANDOHURTADO07]

I won't buy I peace of wood anymore, open your eyes brazilians check your forest from satellite images, we care about our planet! It's the only one with life!

[lovelee193]

this is crazy! We need to save the rain forest ASAP

[dgfdouglao]

all countries had already forests. but all countries destroyed for enriched, and its glorious Captal stupid.

now Brazil has the heart of the world, and still keep the forest green and rich, something that no country in Europe nor the U.S. could do

never sell to the gringos destroyers amazonia

AMAZON IS OF BRAZIL, AND NO COUNTRY WILL STEAL, much less the U.S..

[iloveherforeverable]

why would anyone make homes out of trees when they are the source of life for the entire world.

[MrHeadknocker1]

Even if I suggest that paying tax for brazilians deciding on the amount of co2 from all over the world, this is a hard project.

In conclusion, Brazil has the right to develop rainforest for theireconomy.

[MrHeadknocker1]

It's obviously seen that developed countries produce co2 and they are shouting to brazilian lumbers "stop fucking lumbers." while brazilians also need money for their economy. This kind of videos are fact but also subjective. Every people should know that preservation of the Amazon is good to the climate but also critical to brazilians that they have less oppurtunity to meet their needs to resources.

[Carloschagas83]

Eu sinto vergonha desta bosta

[bahsinhass]

"it will be forwarded to Brazil's President" como se lula fosse fazer alguma coisa! hahaha

[bahsinhass]

I do not understand the U.S. and Europe: they had all their destroying forests, and is saying that the Brazilians who do not take care of us!

We do the max preserve certain for what is ours! Proof of this is that in Brazil there are great forests and rich countries that call themselves "greens" no. After all, what are the americans talking about! if the rest of the world was so consumed as the U.S. would need to planet earth three of the needed supply of all!

[kungiiii]

Haha serves you right. I would burn that place myself if I lived there