{"id":8177,"date":"2019-10-25T09:09:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T09:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/?p=8177"},"modified":"2019-11-06T08:21:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:21:34","slug":"indigenous-leaders-interrupt-global-summit-to-tell-top-brands-our-survival-is-at-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/press\/8177\/indigenous-leaders-interrupt-global-summit-to-tell-top-brands-our-survival-is-at-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous leaders interrupt global summit to tell top brands: “our survival is at stake\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 October 2019<\/span><\/i> \u2013 Today, Indigenous leaders targeted CEOs and senior management of some of the world\u2019s biggest brands, including Nestle, Unilever and Mondel\u0113z, at a summit in Berlin, to demand they end their role in forest destruction in the Amazon and across Brazil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Eight leaders from Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples Articulation (APIB) travelled to the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Sustainability Summit and delivered a speech outside exposing the companies\u2019 failure to end deforestation for commodities. A key concern is the serious increase in violence against Brazilian Indigenous Peoples and the destruction of their lands, since President Bolsonaro took office in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The companies you represent bear part of the responsibility for the threat we Indigenous People are facing in Brazil. Be conscious about your responsibility. Everything is at stake, the rainforest, the climate and our survival,” said Sonia Guajajara, one of the ten Indigenous leaders from APIB visiting Europe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since January, land invasions in Brazil have doubled and attacks against indigenous territories have increased by 44%, according to the Indigenous Missionary Council.[2] Intruders, often heavily armed, enter Indigenous lands to illegally mine, log, or otherwise extract resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenpeace Germany activists delivered a burning tree stump bearing the words \u2018stop killing forests\u2019 to the venue’s front doors and supported the Indigenous leaders, who had earlier tried to gain access to the summit but were turned away, by displaying banners that read \u2018Stop Talking, Start Acting\u2019 and \u2018Your Products Destroy Lives\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2010, the CGF and its members promised to end deforestation by 2020 through \u201cresponsible sourcing\u201d of commodities including cattle and soya, the key drivers of forest destruction in Brazil.[3] In June, Greenpeace International report <\/span>Countdown to Extinction<\/span><\/a>, revealed, from 2010-2020, at least 50 million hectares of rainforest is set to be destroyed globally for commodities. Now, even CGF members admit they will fail.[4]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Indigenous leaders are in Germany as part of a month-long European tour called \u2018Advocacy Tour Indigenous Blood: Not a Single Drop More\u2019.[5] They will meet political and business leaders, and media, and present at international courts, to raise awareness and demand action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Indigenous people and local communities living in the world\u2019s second largest rainforest in the Congo basin face similar human rights violations, a lack of recognition, insecure land tenure and increased pressure on land and resources from logging, agribusiness, and mining. Communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and elsewhere are facing forest destruction, displacement, and deprivation of their livelihoods.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe message delivered today in Berlin by brave indigenous leaders from Brazil is part of a global movement of indigenous people. They reject the system that destroys their homes in the name of development,\u201d said Dr. Victorine Che Th\u00f6ner, campaign lead for the Greenpeace Africa forest campaign. \u201cBy guarding the forest they play a crucial role in mitigating the climate and extinction crises. These people deserve our solidarity,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ENDS<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photos and videos<\/b>: <\/span>https:\/\/media.greenpeace.org\/collection\/27MZIFJ8FRG7C<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Notes:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

[1] More information about the Consumer Goods Forum Summit can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[2] The Indigenous Missionary Council report can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> and a recent report by Human Rights Watch can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. In August, Climate Change and Land, a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognised the role of Indigenous Peoples as forest guardians, their contributions to climate solutions, and the importance of their knowledge and practices for climate resilience. Their report is <\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[3] The CGF\u2019s statement on ending deforestation can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[4] A statement from Dave MacLennan, chief executive of Cargill, can be found <\/span>here\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[5] More information about The APIB delegation, formed by <\/span>Sonia Guajajara<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Nara Bar\u00e9<\/span><\/a>, Alberto Terena, Angela Kaxuyana, <\/span>Celia Xakriab\u00e1<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Dinaman Tux\u00e1<\/span><\/a>, Elizeu Guarani Kaiow\u00e1, and Kret\u00e3 Kaingang is <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contacts:<\/b><\/p>\n

Melanie Aldrian, media team, Greenpeace Germany: <\/span>melanie.aldrian@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a>, +49 (0)151 23 350 385<\/span><\/p>\n

Tal Harris, International Communications Coordinator, Greenpeace Africa,, <\/span>tal.harris@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a>, +221-774643195,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenpeace Africa Newsdesk: nafrica@greenpeace.org <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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