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If you also desire an "Amazon Rainforest Forever" subscribe our manifesto. After obtaining a substantial amount of signatures, it will be forwarded to Brazil's President enabling him to take the necessary measures to solve this serious Brazilian and worldwide problem: The devastation of the Amazon Rainforest. Your participation is very important!
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)
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Are people planting any trees there, where those fucking lumberjacks cut down those trees. Yes we can save the rainforest by planting more trees and educating humans. Especially lumberjacks.
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!
exactly how i felt. You have vegetarians telling you one thing, and then you find out they are the ones destroying the Rainforest to get the soy for their "soymilk" and tofo products...lol earth really does suck..no matter what we do, it's all going down hill!!! your getting a definate thumbs up from me, even though your a racist. Got to admire that sense of humor. lolol
Hopefully Brazil will pass reforestation legislation. In some parts of the US, state efforts are encouraging reforestation. In the northeastern states the forest cover is returning to 17th century levels! Peace
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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!