It is no longer new, the Amazon Rain Forest and the Indigenous People of Brazil are on Fire. And one thing is clear: When we born down the Amazon for money, we suffocate the World.
The United Nations has over the years developed numerous papers and articles on how to integrate human rights and investors’ interests when structuring natural resources agreements with host nations in order to ensure sustainable peace and development. The Article that I find the most revealing and endearing is the Rio Declaration of 1992. Four of the article are reproduced below. Principles 1, 3, 4, & 24 of 1992.
“Human beings are at the center of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.”
“The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.”
“In order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process and cannot be considered in isolation from it.”
“Indigenous people and their communities and other local communities have a vital role in environmental management and development because of their knowledge and traditional practices. States should recognize and duly support their identity, culture, and interests and enable their effective participation in the achievement of sustainable development.”
Today, the Amazon Rain Forest is under severe threat of extinction and pictures of death envelope the land, according to a report filed by the CNN reporter on the ground. Peoples lives do matter and the Amazon is worth saving. And President Jair Bolsonaro is playing the tough guy. Climate Change is real. But the skeptics are not relenting in their denial. Anyhow, we must save the Amazon.
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