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Tashka Yawanawá (Sharp exhale)

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(Sharp exhale)

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(Sharp exhale)

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(Sharp exhale)

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(Singing)

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(Singing ends)

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(Sharp exhale)

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I'm Tashka Yawanawá.

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I'm here with my wife.

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I come from the Yawanawá community,

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which is located in the state of Acre

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in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Takes some days to arrive here.

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I just did the song

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to reconnect us
to the spirit of the rainforest.

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From immemorial time,

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my people live in the Yawanawá territory.

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We see this holistic way

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of how nature is.

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Nature, to us, belongs
to the whole of humanity.

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And we Yawanawá see

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the environment, the forest, as alive.

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But everything is always a challenge.

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Mostly now, because I think
many of you know

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that the Amazon now is on fire.

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That affects all of us.

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Destroying the Amazon does not affect
just the indigenous people,

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because we are all connected.

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Whatever we do in my community,
if I burn everything,

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it's going to affect it here,

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when the snow comes here at Christmas.

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If you pollute here,

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it's going to affect it when the rain
comes to my country.

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I used to say we all belong
to the global village.

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I used to say, Amazon belongs to humanity,

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and also that humanity needs to take care
as the indigenous do in the world.

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And for this reason,

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today is a time to wake, unite us.

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We Yawanawá are doing our part.

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We take care of Mother Earth.

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And now, I will give to my wife.

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Laura Yawanawá: We are here
with our hearts crying.

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I am smiling here, but my heart is crying,

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because a lot of our forests
are being destroyed.

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And I just want to give you a message.

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This crisis is giving
humanity two options.

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One option is you help to end,
to destroy and exterminate

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all our forests and all
our cultures that go with it.

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Or, we transform this crisis
into an opportunity

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to empower indigenous people,

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to support indigenous people

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and to save the rainforest
and their cultures.

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And how can you do that?

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We have, the Yawanawá,
we created a life plan,

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which is our strategic planning

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that tells us the steps
of how we want to secure our territory.

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We take care of about
200,000 hectares of rainforest.

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But now it's under threat.

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So this life plan shows the steps
for us to secure our land,

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our biodiversity,

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our culture, our education.

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I invite you all,

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I invite all companies,

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I invite all governments,
all civil society,

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to listen to indigenous peoples,

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to go back to our roots.

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We have been here
for many, many ... for centuries.

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And we have been trying
to scream to the world

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that we need to protect
our territory, our nature.

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And you never listen to us.

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Never.

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I guess this crisis is teaching humanity

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that now you need to listen to us

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and to support indigenous
peoples directly,

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to support their initiatives directly.

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So that's the message
that I would love to leave to you.

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That indigenous people have the answer,

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and if you want to save the Amazon,

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we have to take action now.

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TY: (Sharp exhale)

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(Applause)