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Almost 4% of Brazil's land is reserved for indigenous peoples. In the Amazon alone, the territories of the Indians represent a reserve of about 13 billion tons of carbon (46.8 billion tons of CO2) - 30% of what is stored in the forest. There are no more conditions for climate change on the planet. Thus, the natives are on the bottom of the planet and in Brazil. But they are highly harmed by the interference that are neighboring climate farmers. Since the early 1980s until today, about 6 million hectares have been cleared around the Xingu Indigenous Park. In 2010, forest fires reached 10% of the reserve territory. For the Indians,more and more the heat affects the plantations, it kills and it distances the animals, it moves with the day to day of the forest. And climate change is not only confirmed by science. A group of indigenous people went to the Chamber of Deputies to tell how climate change is interfering with their way of life. They participated in a seminar on the "Perceptions and Experiences of Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Climate Change" on Tuesday (3) in the Committee on the Environment.
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Those are some very useful facts you have there, however, I would like you to focus your response on the video and then kindly answer the questions below.
- How is this representation of climate change similar to the other things you’ve read/viewed? How is different?
- Where do you see the influence of Indigenous peoples in this video? Where is it missing?
- What solutions to climate change does this video propose?
- Do you agree with the representation of Indigenous peoples and climate change action in the video? Why or why not?
- What are the opportunities and challenges in taking seriously Indigenous perspectives of climate change? Consider factors that facilitate or hinder ethical responses to climate change, including social and economic inequities, political dynamics, marginalization, discrimination, state, military/police power, etc.
Elliot Damasah
Oct 25, 2017