So Marcelo, here we have the Amazon map
that shows us the deforestation area data,
which you are showing to us
Can you explain the relationship with this data and the theme we are working on our at this Camp: "evidence and influence"?
What are your thoughts on these subjects?
This map is a work made with satellite images,
and you are able, nowadays, to measure, for example,
how much forest we have lost.
Despite, that we have lost so much forest,
we still have...This is still the largest tropical forest area on the planet.
This forest is critical for several environmental services, mainly, those linked with the regulation of the climate,
as, for exemple, with the water steam produced by the forest that is then transferred across other regions
This map also excludes some evidence
which we cannot see on a map of this scale
and that is the 'forest degradation'.
This is not the total forest area deforestation, but
it is the cutting down of some forest trees or species.
So, 'forest degradation' is actually linked with some specific species?
Exactly, specific species, for example, that are used in the lumber industry or the coal industry.
Specific species (of trees) are used for the coal industries.
We have the coal industry in Brazil and some of these are
producing iron ore. These industries are clearing the
remains of forest areas in some regions, mainly in Pará state region.
Behind this destructive work,
we have a very bad, a violent reality.
In fact, the greatest disputation in the Amazon, today,
Is the natural resources disputation.
This dispute, generally, has been carried out in a very violent way.
As you can see on this map, for example,
this is a 'protected areas' map,
we have several protected areas and indigenous territories too.
In these indigenous territories, the indigenous people
have more ability to protect their areas but
it is not the same in 'protected areas'.
In Brazil, like in another South American countries,
there are specific protected areas that are demarcated
to support the survival of local communities.
Those communities are vulnerable because
the areas were created, but there is no governance.
The government is not there helping these communities.
We have a lot of different examples... I..
I've lost one of my friends here, José Cláudio and Maria, his wife.
She was killed because she was with him.
Where did it happen?
It happened in 'Nova Pichuna', in Pará state, in 2011,
four months after his interview in TEDx,
when he reported that he had been issued death threats.
Why did he die? He died because he used to guard the forest,
his piece of land, the land the government gave him.
It was a tiny piece of land, with 100 ha (0.38 mi²).
The lumbermen and farms in this area are looking for...
the lumbermen are looking for the wood.
These areas were donated by the government to the local communities for their use in sustainable practices.
The farmers want to rent these lands for cattle,
so they can pull together various tiny areas to make a large farm,
or even, they cast out the local farmers and take their properties.
My friend Jose was denouncing this and he was killed because of this.
José Claudio's death was felt by a lot of Brazilian people?
Activists across the whole country were moved.
Because it is very hard to see threats like this one:
the freedom of speech, the violence and intimidation.
I've recently heard a description of a friend of mine who had participated in
José Cláudio murderers' judgement and it is
the politics in this Brazilian region (North).
The dynamics are so local, the problems are solved by the local inhabitants (not the police)
and none of the other Brazilian regions know about this violence.
Where I live, we do not get a lot of these dynamics.
José Cláudio's story is a emblematic case,
because of the fact that his speech was made at TEDx,
this made him more well known among people,
a public figure: his speech is on internet,
many people heard his story.
Like him, we have a lot of leaders who have been murdered
and they are continuously being murdered. Other people have been murdered after him,
but those people are not known. So, the evidence, the big question is
how to make public the stories of those people who are dying.
The fact of knowing though like, in the case of José Cláudio,
whose situation was more known,
unfortunately, it was still not possible to prevent his death.
I want to ask you. We have information and we are able to point out the problem
how could we invert the dynamics and use the information we have
in order to do more effective activism in these Amazon regions?
I think, actually, we have information, but
it is not used as it should be.
We should show this more, put more pressure on the government.
The government knows. The 'Comissão Pastoral da Terra' (Pastoral Land Commission),
an organisation administrated by the catholic church, has a list of people under threat.
If you take this list you can check like this: this one is dead, this is dead, dead....
And this is unacceptable!
Not just the government, but also the society has to do something about it.
When we think about 'the government', we think just about the executive government,
but what about the judiciary? Less than 1% these murder cases were solved.
We have to change this reality.
Why is it happening? Are they waiting for judgments?
Or, these cases never getting into court?
The police never collect enough evidence of the murders,
there is corruption in the police and in the judiciary.
The prosecutors who accuse are not good,
they are not able to accomplish the prosecution.
Then, it is not possible to point to the masterminds of the crimes, or the murderers.
And It was what happened in the case of José Cláudio, right?
Yes. And also the same thing happened in an even more well known case, that is the case of Sister Dorothy.
In 2005, Sister (a nun) Dorothy was killed.
A Sister... It is hard to talk about it.. because..
She was 70 years old...
She was a friend...
And she has been killed with the Bible in hands, you know?
We are aware of who are the masterminds..
And Is not it possible to gather enough proof? Just one of them has been indicted,
and that is really sad, you know? We cannot accept that! Losing friends, and....
And they are people who are important to keep as this world's treasure! That is unacceptable!
It is a country where a 70 year old lady, a sister, a nun died and
It is not possible to prosecute the real masterminds?
In the Amazon we call it a 'consortium'
Usually, people are killed by a 'consortium'
The most well known people, those who really generate problems.
The real troubles makers are those people who work illegally (in the Amazon).
What they do is to create a 'consortium' between several farmers.
They get together to pay the murderers and
one member of the consortium is selected to
be indicted in the case that the police actually find out what happened.
That is what is happening there, so
there still are lots of people being threatened.
Things are better in some areas. But there still are too many issues.
I think that while we activists should highlight this even more
José Cláudio was just one of many hidden people (under threat) and a journalist decided
to bring him to TEDx and show his face and due to this
it was possible for us to call people's attention to his case
and at least to arrest the murderers.
If it was not like that he would have been just one more statistic.
So I believe that 'evidence' brings to light what is happening.
And, you know how It is in this region so
how do you think the local people deal with this Amazon issue,
that involves politics, deforestation...?
The network between these people is strong and they understand what they are doing pretty well.
They know they are protecting social and human rights
and also the environment.
For the most part they understand the connection between the environment and human beings.
There is no rupture between these two things.
It is different to how farmers think, who have separated these two things
They face the forest as though they are trammels.
For them to develop It is necessary to take these trammels off.
Another thing is that most aware people
insist on staying there to keep protecting their area.
Not everyone agrees in protecting themselves first, you know?
Here at Camp we are in touch with lots of people
from international organisations, people concerned about promoting human rights.
They deal with new technologies and through this video,
we have the opportunity to talk with this international community.
How could these international organisations help to transform
this reality that is so clear for those who work there,
so as to make political action more effective, defending people from the violence
and protecting against the deforestation of the Amazon?
I think that they can help local organisations
that are already there and are working in order to reduce the violence.
They could amplify their voices,
help people hear and pay attention to what is happening there.
There are several local organisations.
The 'Comissão Pastoral da Terra' (Pastoral Land Commission) is one of them
and It could be contacted for a list of other local organisations.
I should say this situation does not happen just in Brazil, It also happens in Peru.
And for those who are far from Brazil,
to gather information on internet about what is happening,
what would be the best first step?
There are these organisations that have the data,
there is government data. But, it is hard to gather all the information available.
Mainly, for those who are abroad, isn't it?
The Brazilian Public Prosecutor also has
a list of people who have been threatened in the region.
The point is that there is not any campaign, national or even regional campaign
which we can use to move in the direction of the disclosure of the information.
I also think that organising the information would also be a way to really make a difference.
So Marcelo, here we have the Amazon map
that shows us the deforestation area data,
which you are showing to us
Can you explain what is the relationship between this information
and the theme we are working on our at this Camp: "evidence and influence".
How do you think these two things are related?
What are your thoughts about these subjects?
This map is a work made with satellite images,
and you are able, nowadays, to measure, for example,
how much forest we have lost.
Despite, that we have lost so much forest,
we still have...This is still the largest tropical forest area on the planet.
This forest is critical for several environmental services, mainly, those linked with the regulation of the climate,
because of the water steam produced by the forest that is then transferred across other regions
This map also excludes some evidence
which we cannot see on a map of this scale and
that is the 'forest degradation'.
This is not the total forest area deforestation, but
it is the cutting down of some forest trees or species.
So, 'forest degradation' is actually liked with some specific species?
Exactly, specific species, for example, that are used in the lumber industry or the coal industry.
Specific species (of trees) are used for the coal industries.
We have the coal industry in Brazil and some of these are
producing iron ore. These industries are clearing the
remains of forest areas in some regions, mainly in Pará state region.
Behind this destructive work,
we have a very bad, a violent reality.
In fact, the greatest disputation in the Amazon, today,
Is the natural resources disputation.
This dispute, generally, is been carried out in a violent way.
As you can see on this map, for example,
this is a 'protected areas' map,
we have several protected areas and indigenous territories too.
In these indigenous territories, the indigenous people
have more ability to protect their areas but
it is not the same in 'protected areas'.
In Brazil, like in another South American countries,
there are specific protected areas that are demarcated
to support the survival of local communities.
Those communities are vulnerable because
the areas were created, but there is no governance.
The government is not there helping these communities.
We have a lot of different examples... I..
I've lost one of my friends here, José Cláudio and Maria, his wife.
She was killed because she was with him.
Where did it happen?
It happened in 'Nova Pichuna', in Pará state, in 2011,
four months after his interview in TEDx,
when he reported that he had been issued death threats.
Why did he die? He died because he used to guard the forest,
his piece of land, the land the government gave him.
It was a tiny piece of land, with 100 ha (0.38 mi²).
The lumbermen and farms in this area are looking for...
the lumbermen are looking for the wood.
These areas were donated by the government to the local communities for their use in sustainable practices.
The farmers want to rent these lands for cattle,
so they can pull together various tiny areas to make a large farm
so they cast out the local farmers and take their properties.
My friend Jose was denouncing this and he was killed because of this.
José Claudio's death was felt by a lot of Brazilian people?
Activists across the whole country were moved.
Exactly. Because it is very hard to see threats like this one:
the freedom of speech, the violence and intimidation.
I've recently heard a description of a friend of mine how had participated in
José Cláudio murders' judgement and it is
the politics in this Brazilian region (North).
The dynamics are so local, the problems are solved by the local inhabitants (not the police)
and none of the other Brazilian regions know about this violence situation.
Where I live, we do not get a lot of these dynamics.
José Cláudio's story is a emblematic case,
because of the fact that his speech was made at TEDx,
this made him more well known among people,
a public figure: his speech is on internet,
many people have heard his story.
Like him, we have a lot of leaders who have been murdered
and they have continuously been murdered. Other people have been murdered after him,
but those people are not known. So, the big question is
how to make public the stories of those people who are dying.
The fact of knowing though like, in the case of José Cláudio,
whose situation was more known,
unfortunately, it was still not possible to prevent his death.
No. Actually, I want to ask you.
We have information and we are able to point out the problem, but
how could we invert the dynamics and use the information we have
in order to do more effective activism in these Amazon regions?
I think, actually, we have information, but
it is not used as it should be.
We should show this more, put more pressure on the government.
The government knows. The 'Comissão Pastoral da Terra' (Pastoral Land Commission),
an organisation administrated by the catholic church, has a list of people under threat.
If you take this list you can check like this: this one is dead, this is dead, dead....
and this is unacceptable!
It is unacceptable. Not just the government, but also the society has to do something about it.
When we think about 'the government', we think just about the executive government,
but what about the judiciary? Less than 1% these murder cases were solved.
We have to change this reality.
Why is it happening? Are they waiting for judgments?
Or, these cases never getting into court?
The police never collect enough evidence of the murders,
there is corruption in the police and in the judiciary.
The prosecutors who accuse are not good,
they are not able to accomplish the prosecution.
Then, it is not possible to point to the masterminds of the crimes, or the murders.
And It was what happened in the case of José Cláudio, right?
Yes, it is exactly what happened in the case of José Cláudio.
And the same thing happened in an even more well known case, that is the case of Sister Dorothy.
In 2005, Sister (a nun) Dorothy was killed.
A Sister... It is hard to talk about it.. because..
She was 70 years old...
She was a friend...
And she has been killed with the Bible in hands, you know?
We are aware of who are the masterminds..
And Is not it possible to gather enough proof? Just one of them has been indicted,
and that is really sad, you know? We cannot accept that! Loosing friends, and....
And they are people who are important to keep as this world's treasure! That is unacceptable!
It is a country where a 70 year old lady, a sister, a nun died and
It is not possible to prosecute the real masterminds?
In the Amazon we call it a 'consortium'
Usually, people are killed by a 'consortium'
The most well known people, those who really generate problems.
The real troubles makers are those people who work illegally (in the Amazon).
What they do is to create a 'consortium' between several farmers.
They get together to pay the murderers and
one member of the consortium is selected to
be indicted in the case that the police actually find out what happened.
That is what is happening there, so
there still are lots of people being threatened.
Things are better in some areas. But there still are too many issues.
I think that while we activists should highlight this even more
José Cláudio was just one of many hidden people (under threat) and a journalist decided
to bring him to TEDx and show his face and due to this
it was possible for us to call people's attention to his case
and at least to arrest the murderers.
If it was not like that he would have been just one more statistic.
So I believe that 'evidence' brings to light what is happening.
And, you know how It is like in this region, right?
How do you think the local people deal with this Amazon issue,
that involves politics, deforestation...
The network between these people is strong and they understand what they are doing pretty well.
They know they are protecting social and human rights
and also the environment.
For the most part they understand the connection between the environment and human beings.
There is no rupture between these two things.
It is different for farmers think, they have separeted these two things
they face the forest as though they are trammels.
For them to develop It is necessery to take this trammer off.
Another thing is that most aware people
insist on staying there
to keep protecting their area. This is a problem.
Not everyone agrees in protecting themselves first, you know?
Here at camp we are in touch with lots of people from
international organisations, people worried in promoting human rights.
They deal with new technologies and are having,
through this video, the opportunity to
talk with this international community.
How could these international organisations help to transform
this reality that is so clear for those who work there,
so as to make political action more effective, defending people from the violence and
the protection against the Amazon deforestation?
I think that they can help local organisations
that are already there and are working in order to reduce the violence.
They could amplify their voices,
help people hear and pay attention to what is happening there.
There are several local organisations.
The 'Comissão Pastoral da Terra' (Pastoral Land Commission) is one of them
and It could be contacted for a list of other local organisations.
I should say this situation does not happen just in Brazil, It also happens in Peru.
And for those who are far from Brazil,
to gather information on internet about what is happening,
what would be the best first step?
There are these organisations that have the data,
there is government data. But, it is hard to gather all the information available.
Mainly, for those who are abroad, isn't it?
The Brazilian Public Prosecutor also has
a list of people who have been threatened in the region.
The point is that there is not any campaign, national or even regional campaign
which we can use to move in the direction of the disclosure of the information.
I also think that organising the information would also be a way to really make a difference.
Marcelo, tenemos el mapa del Amazonas
esto nos muestra el área de deforestación
¿Puedes explicar la relación de estos datos con el tema que estamos trabajando "evidencia e influencia"?
¿Qué nos estás mostrando?
¿Qué piensas sobre estos temas?
El mapa está hecho con imágenes de satelite
y tú puedes hoy en día medir por ejemplo,
qué cantidad de bosque hemos perdido
A pesar, que hemos perdido gran cantidad,
aún tenemos...Está es aún el área más grande de bosque tropical en el planeta.
Este bosque es crítico para varios servicios ambientales, principalmente los vinculados a la regulación del clima,
por ejemplo, con el vapor del agua producido se transfiere a otras regiones
Este mapa también excluye evidencia
que no podemos ver a esta escala
y eso es "degradación forestal".
No es el área completa de deforestación, pero
es la tala de algunos árboles o especies.
¿La "degradación forestal" está vinculado con algunas especies especificas?
Exactamente, especies especificas, por ejemplo, son usadas en la industria maderera o la del carbón.
Especies especificas (de árboles) son usadas para la industria del carbón.
Tenemos la industria del carbón en Brasil y algunas de estas áreas
producción de mineral de hierro.
Donc Marcelo, ici nous avons la carte de l'Amazonie
qui nous montre les données de la zone de déforestation,
que vous nous montrez
Pouvez-vous nous expliquer la relation entre ces données et le thème de travail de notre camp " évidences et influences"?
Quelles sont vos réflexions sur ces sujets?
Cette carte a été réalisée à partir d'images satellite,
et vous êtes capable de mesurer, jour après jour, par exemple,
combien la forêt disparaît, a perdu.
Malgré la grande perte de la forêt,
nous avons....elle reste la plus grande forêt de la planète.
Cette forêt reste essentielle pour plusieurs fonctions environnementales, principalement ceux liés à la régulation du climat,
comme, par exemple, la vapeur d'eau créée par la forêt qui est ensuite transférée à d'autres régions
Cette carte exclut certaines évidences
qui ne sont pas visibles sur une carte de cette échelle
qui est " la dégradation de la forêt".
Ceci n'est pas la totalité de la zone de déforestation, mais
mais l'abattage de certains arbres ou espèces de la forêt.
Donc, la déforestation a un lien spécifique avec certaines espèces?
Exactement, des espèces spécifiques, par exemple, qui sont utilisées dans les industries du charbon ou du bois
Espèces spécifiques (ou arbres) sont utilisées dans l'industrie du charbon.
Au Brésil, nous avons une industrie du charbon et certaines
produisent du minerai de fer. Ces industries nettoient les
restes de la forêt dans certaines régions et principalement dans la région de Pará.
Derrière ce travail de destruction,
nous avons une très mauvaise et violente réalité.
En fait, aujourd'hui, la plus grande dispute concernant l'Amazonie
est la dispute des ressources naturelles.
Ce différend est effectué dans une voie très violente.
Comme vous pouvez le voir sur la carte, par exemple,
ceci est une carte des "zones protégées"
Nous avons de nombreuses zones protégées et aussi des territoires indigènes.
Dans ces territoires indigènes, le peuple indigène
a plus d'habilité à protéger ces zones mais
mais ce n'est pas la même chose dans les "zones protégées".
Au Brésil comme dans d'autres pays d'Amérique du Sud,
il y a des zones protégées spécifiques qui sont délimitées
pour permettre la survie des communautés locales.
Ces communautés sont vulnérables parce que
ces zones furent créées en l'absence de gouvernance.
Le gouvernement n'est pas là pour aider ces communautés.
Nous avons de nombreux et différents exemples... Je...
J'ai perdu un de mes amis ici, José Cláudio et Maria, sa femme.
Elle a été tuée parce qu'elle était avec lui.
Où cela s'est-il passé?
Cela s'est passé à Nova Pichuna dans la région de Pará en 2011
quatre mois après cette interview à TEDx,
quand il a rapporté avoir été l'objet de menaces de mort.
Pourquoi est-il mort? Il est mort parce qu'il gardait la forêt,
son morceau de territoire, le territoire que lui donna le gouvernement.
Un petit morceau de territoire de 100 ha (0.38mi2).
Les bûcherons et fermes dans cette zone sont à la recherche de ...
Les bûcherons sont à la recherche de bois.
Ces zones furent données par le gouvernement aux communautés locales pour le maintien de leurs pratiques durables.
Les agriculteurs veulent louer ces terres pour le bétail,
pour pouvoir réunir de petites parcelles afin d'avoir une grande ferme,
et même ils chassent les agriculteurs locaux pour s'approprier les fermes.
Mon ami José qui dénonçait cette situation a été tué pour cette raison.
La mort de José Claudio a été ressentie par beaucoup de brésiliens?
Des quatres coins du Brésil, les activistes se sont mobilisés.
Parce que c'est très dur de voir de telles menaces :
la liberté d'expression, la violence et l'intimidation.
J'ai récemment entendu une description faite par un de mes amis qui a participé à
jugement des assassins de José Cláudio et
des politiques dans cette région du Brésil (Nord).
La dynamique est donc locale, les problèmes sont résolus par les habitants locaux (pas par la police)
et aucune autre région du Brésil n'est au courant de cette violence.
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So Marcelo, here we have the Amazon map
that shows us the deforestation area data,
which you are showing to us
Can you explain what is the relationship between this information
and the theme we are working on our at this Camp: "evidence and influence".
How do you think these two things are related?
What are your thoughts about these subjects?
This map is a work made with satellite images,
and you are able, nowadays, to measure, for example,
how much forest we have lost.
Despite, that we have lost so much forest,
we still have...This is still the largest tropical forest area on the planet.
This forest is critical for several environmental services, mainly, those linked with the regulation of the climate,
because of the water steam produced by the forest that is then transferred across other regions
This map also excludes some evidence
which we cannot see on a map of this scale and
that is the 'forest degradation'.
This is not the total forest area deforestation, but
it is the cutting down of some forest trees or species.
So, 'forest degradation' is actually liked with some specific species?
Exactly, specific species, for example, that are used in the lumber industry or the coal industry.
Specific species (of trees) are used for the coal industries.
We have the coal industry in Brazil and some of these are
producing iron ore. These industries are clearing the
remains of forest areas in some regions, mainly in Pará state region.
Behind this destructive work,
we have a very bad, a violent reality.
In fact, the greatest disputation in the Amazon, today,
Is the natural resources disputation.
This dispute, generally, is been carried out in a violent way.
As you can see on this map, for example,
this is a 'protected areas' map,
we have several protected areas and indigenous territories too.
In these indigenous territories, the indigenous people
have more ability to protect their areas but
it is not the same in 'protected areas'.
In Brazil, like in another South American countries,
there are specific protected areas that are demarcated
to support the survival of local communities.
Those communities are vulnerable because
the areas were created, but there is no governance.
The government is not there helping these communities.
We have a lot of different examples... I..
I've lost one of my friends here, José Cláudio and Maria, his wife.
She was killed because she was with him.
Where did it happen?
It happened in 'Nova Pichuna', in Pará state, in 2011,
four months after his interview in TEDx,
when he reported that he had been issued death threats.
Why did he die? He died because he used to guard the forest,
his piece of land, the land the government gave him.
It was a tiny piece of land, with 100 ha (0.38 mi²).
The lumbermen and farms in this area are looking for...
the lumbermen are looking for the wood.
These areas were donated by the government to the local communities for their use in sustainable practices.
The farmers want to rent these lands for cattle,
so they can pull together various tiny areas to make a large farm
so they cast out the local farmers and take their properties.
My friend Jose was denouncing this and he was killed because of this.
José Claudio's death was felt by a lot of Brazilian people?
Activists across the whole country were moved.
Exactly. Because it is very hard to see threats like this one:
the freedom of speech, the violence and intimidation.
I've recently heard a description of a friend of mine how had participated in
José Cláudio murders' judgement and it is
the politics in this Brazilian region (North).
The dynamics are so local, the problems are solved by the local inhabitants (not the police)
and none of the other Brazilian regions know about this violence situation.
Where I live, we do not get a lot of these dynamics.
José Cláudio's story is a emblematic case,
because of the fact that his speech was made at TEDx,
this made him more well known among people,
a public figure: his speech is on internet,
many people have heard his story.
Like him, we have a lot of leaders who have been murdered
and they have continuously been murdered. Other people have been murdered after him,
but those people are not known. So, the big question is
how to make public the stories of those people who are dying.
The fact of knowing though like, in the case of José Cláudio,
whose situation was more known,
unfortunately, it was still not possible to prevent his death.
No. Actually, I want to ask you.
We have information and we are able to point out the problem, but
how could we invert the dynamics and use the information we have
in order to do more effective activism in these Amazon regions?
I think, actually, we have information, but
it is not used as it should be.
We should show this more, put more pressure on the government.
The government knows. The 'Comissão Pastoral da Terra' (Pastoral Land Commission),
an organisation administrated by the catholic church, has a list of people under threat.
If you take this list you can check like this: this one is dead, this is dead, dead....
and this is unacceptable!
It is unacceptable. Not just the government, but also the society has to do something about it.
When we think about 'the government', we think just about the executive government,
but what about the judiciary? Less than 1% these murder cases were solved.
We have to change this reality.
Why is it happening? Are they waiting for judgments?
Or, these cases never getting into court?
The police never collect enough evidence of the murders,
there is corruption in the police and in the judiciary.
The prosecutors who accuse are not good,
they are not able to accomplish the prosecution.
Then, it is not possible to point to the masterminds of the crimes, or the murders.
And It was what happened in the case of José Cláudio, right?
Yes, it is exactly what happened in the case of José Cláudio.
And the same thing happened in an even more well known case, that is the case of Sister Dorothy.
In 2005, Sister (a nun) Dorothy was killed.
A Sister... It is hard to talk about it.. because..
She was 70 years old...
She was a friend...
And she has been killed with the Bible in hands, you know?
We are aware of who are the masterminds..
And Is not it possible to gather enough proof? Just one of them has been indicted,
and that is really sad, you know? We cannot accept that! Loosing friends, and....
And they are people who are important to keep as this world's treasure! That is unacceptable!
It is a country where a 70 year old lady, a sister, a nun died and
It is not possible to prosecute the real masterminds?
In the Amazon we call it a 'consortium'
Usually, people are killed by a 'consortium'
The most well known people, those who really generate problems.
The real troubles makers are those people who work illegally (in the Amazon).
What they do is to create a 'consortium' between several farmers.
They get together to pay the murderers and
one member of the consortium is selected to
be indicted in the case that the police actually find out what happened.
That is what is happening there, so
there still are lots of people being threatened.
Things are better in some areas. But there still are too many issues.
I think that while we activists should highlight this even more
José Cláudio was just one of many hidden people (under threat) and a journalist decided
to bring him to TEDx and show his face and due to this
it was possible for us to call people's attention to his case
and at least to arrest the murderers.
If it was not like that he would have been just one more statistic.
So I believe that 'evidence' brings to light what is happening.
And, you know how It is like in this region, right?
How do you think the local people deal with this Amazon issue,
that involves politics, deforestation...
The network between these people is strong and they understand what they are doing pretty well.
They know they are protecting social and human rights
and also the environment.
For the most part they understand the connection between the environment and human beings.
There is no rupture between these two things.
It is different for farmers think, they have separeted these two things
they face the forest as though they are trammels.
For them to develop It is necessery to take this trammer off.
Another thing is that most aware people
insist on staying there
to keep protecting their area. This is a problem.
Not everyone agrees in protecting themselves first, you know?
Here at camp we are in touch with lots of people from
international organisations, people worried in promoting human rights.
They deal with new technologies and are having,
through this video, the opportunity to
talk with this international community.
How could these international organisations help to transform
this reality that is so clear for those who work there,
so as to make political action more effective, defending people from the violence and
the protection against the Amazon deforestation?
I think that they can help local organisations
that are already there and are working in order to reduce the violence.
They could amplify their voices,
help people hear and pay attention to what is happening there.
There are several local organisations.
The 'Comissão Pastoral da Terra' (Pastoral Land Commission) is one of them
and It could be contacted for a list of other local organisations.
I should say this situation does not happen just in Brazil, It also happens in Peru.
And for those who are far from Brazil,
to gather information on internet about what is happening,
what would be the best first step?
There are these organisations that have the data,
there is government data. But, it is hard to gather all the information available.
Mainly, for those who are abroad, isn't it?
The Brazilian Public Prosecutor also has
a list of people who have been threatened in the region.
The point is that there is not any campaign, national or even regional campaign
which we can use to move in the direction of the disclosure of the information.
I also think that organising the information would also be a way to really make a difference.