By Jemimah Chungu
After struggling and fighting for environmental and social justice for the Amazon Rainforest, it seems there’s finally hope for a better future.
The Amazon indigenous communities and leaders have suffered and protested against environmental degradation in Amazon for so long. The Amazon had been invaded by over 20,000 illegal miners. Meanwhile, there was a lot of massive deforestation and chemical pollution leaving it devastated.
In addition, the indigenous people together with their leaders were abused in several kinds of evil ways. This left a trail of bloodshed and terror for instance in the Yanomami lands.
A promise to put an end to the fracas was declared by the president elect of Brazil Luiz lnacia on Wednesday 16th November, 2022.
Mr Gregorio, a leader of over 500 Indigenous communities in the Amazon Rain-forest lamented for the restoration and protection of the amazon and the inhabiting people through Avaas.
He wrote “Our mother, the Amazon, is being eaten alive. Brazil’s President Bolsonaro is leading an army of loggers and miners, gorging on nature’s destruction. Without urgent action, the rain-forest could die.”
But there’s hope, In weeks, world leaders will meet for final negotiations on a new global treaty to save nature. We cannot allow Bolsonaro to be the voice of the Amazon at these critical negotiations as ours are silenced and our people murdered. Our children would never forgive us — so I need your help.
With your support, a courageous delegation of Indigenous leaders could travel from the last refuges of the natural world to the very heart of decision-making. Our people have protected and respected nature for over 10,000 years — it’s critical we have a seat at the table as the fate of the planet is decided.
We’d meet world leaders face-to-face, confronting the lies, and helping to write bold international laws for a treaty that can truly protect life on Earth. I promise you: we won’t stop pushing.
Friends of the world, this is a chance to stand with us in our fight to protect life on our fragile planet
Rain-forests especially the Amazon and the Congo are the most important ecosystems of the world that balance the earth’s nature and well-being of the planet whilst accommodating and sustaining humanity.
However the rich natural resources in the rain-forests attract a lot of exploitation at the expense of the indigenous people that do not only habitat there but also have also preserved them through their “primitive” lifestyles for centuries and now being jeopardized ruthlessly for economic gains.
The plight of indigenous groups also threaten social diversity, culture diversity and conserves of terrestrial lands and ethnic ecosystems.”
According to the UN News, President-Elect of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, drew a huge crowd at the pavilions and a meeting room in the afternoon as he stressed that his country would put up a very strong fight against illegal deforestation in the Amazon. He also announced that Brazil aims to host COP30 in 2025.
Mr. Lula da Silva also announced the creation of an indigenous ministry in his new administration.
“He will place a major emphasis on the Amazon and on tropical forests. And that is, of course, a massive gain for climate, for biodiversity and for the people of the Amazon,” Ms. Andersen said, reacting to the Brazilian leader’s announcements.
The promise made by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Therefore gives hope to save indigenous rights of the communities of the Amazon Rainforest and generally the social environment and social ecosystem in this habitat.
It is also fortuitously a hope of a benefit to the immediate biophysical environment of the Amazon and the global physical environment and ecosystem.
