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 I popoli indigeni hanno gestito le loro foreste per secoli, e ce le hanno consegnate come eredità. Ma noi le stiamo abbattendo. E con la foreste muoiono i popoli che le abitano, come gli Indios amazzonici, i Pigmei in Africa, Penan in Malesia... Queste genti hanno sviluppato nei secoli conoscenze profonde e hanno imparato a convivere con la foresta senza distruggerla. Sono le prime vittime dell'assalto alla foresta. L'arrivo dell'industria porta con se' la distruzione degli alberi che forniscono loro frutti o medicinali, ma anche punti di riferimento nei loro spostamenti. Le bande di bracconieri arrivate assieme all'industria ripuliscono la foresta di tutta la selvaggina. Le successive ondate di insediamenti tolgono loro la terra, la cultura ed il diritto a vivere. Le foreste danno da vivere anche a numerose popolazioni di raccoglitori, come i seringueros in Amazzonia, che vivono estraendo gomma o raccogliendo noce brasiliana.
La distruzione delle foreste non è un male necessario allo sviluppo dei paesi poveri. Anzi, decenni di industria del legno e la monocoltura hanno aumentato la povertà e la miseria. |
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The end of the Maya long-count calendar does not predict a global catastrophe, let alone the end of the world, say native activists and elders who spoke to 
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