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CILT- BRASÍLIA-BRAZIL- Class: 2D- Teacher: Cristina Lourenço "Indigenous Vision On Climate Change"
EnvironmentIndians have much of nature for themselves, but what they realize is that nothing is the same as it was before. He heard a time when the rivers were full where fish were seen on the surface because they were free to swim in space as they wished, birds flew freely in the sky.
For Indians every change of nature carries a different meaning, as they are dependent on nature all they do refers to the forests where they live. For the Indians one of the biggest symbols of rain is lightning and thunderstorms, but lately it may have lightning and thunderstorm but there is no rain, or on the contrary having the rain but not having the warning that it is coming.
The Indians have not yet adapted to these changes, so much so that the government is allocating specific areas for the conservation of existing forests in the country. The Indians have more means of getting sick because they do not have a hospital or doctors sufficiently qualified to work in this area, so FUNAI (National Indian Foundation) was created where the Indian is protected and socialized in the environment in which we are currently living.
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You are right! Things have taken a drastic change for the Indians where they do not experience the kind of things they did some years back. These effects of climate change echos in videos and readings we previously saw. I believe your fist and second paragraphs adequately make reference to the effects of climate change on Indigenous people. Good one!
Your last paragraph is good.
Questions:
In reference to the video, do you think the indigenous people have had impact on decisions on climate change? Are they empowered enough to do so?
Focusing on the video, do you think concerns of all indigenous people have been included? Have all ideas of indigenous people being represented or some have been left out?
Elliot Damasah
Oct 25, 2017