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Take Action: Save The Indigenous People Of The Brazilian Amazon!
Urge Brazil's president to halt the construction of a destructive mega-dam in Brazil's Amazonian rainforest.
Goal: 15,000
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Progress: 7,420
Sponsored by: The Rainforest Site
The Xingu River, located in the remote Brazilian Amazon, is a flourishing ecosystem many tribes of native Indians call home. The river's surrounding land has been inhabited by the tribes for thousands of years, serving as their cornerstones of survival.
But if the Brazilian government gets its way, the natives' precious land and livelihood may be wiped away by industrialization. The government wants to build a mega-dam, called the Belo Monte, on the Xingu in order to aid in the country's economic development.
Not only would the dam flood the land and deplete fish populations, construction would also bring in countless immigrants who could carry diseases to which native tribes are susceptible.
The destruction of this land will carry grave implications for the native peoples. Sign the petition imploring Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to speak for indigenous communities and prohibit the construction of the fatal Belo Monte dam.
Dear President Dilma Rousseff:
I am urging you to respond to the crisis waiting to happen in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest — the Belo Monte Dam. If plans to build the dam move forward, its effects will have irreversible implications on the indigenous peoples that call that part of the Amazon home.
The land surrounding the Xingu River has been passed down over thousands of years and the people who live there depend on the land and the river for survival. The construction of the dam will have several catastrophic consequences. The dam will flood the land, wiping away peoples' homes and livelihoods; it will deplete fish stocks; and the construction will warrant the migration of foreign workers, thereby putting the natives at risk of contracting diseases they have no resources to treat.
Please do not pay for further economic stability with the price of harming human life and the environment. Your voice could decide between life and death for the indigenous peoples of the Brazilian Amazon.
Sincerely,
Petition Signatures
May 15, 2013
Joëlle Evrard
May 14, 2013
Fernando Silva
May 14, 2013
Gheena Santha
May 14, 2013
Ellen Gutfleisch
May 14, 2013
Ingrid Cerqueni
May 14, 2013
Bruce Forster
May 14, 2013
Wendy Forster
May 14, 2013
Ingrid Frassl
May 14, 2013
Ada Flores
Please don't let history repeat itself once again.
May 14, 2013
Gabor Petry
May 14, 2013
Domenico Buono
May 14, 2013
James Brunton
May 14, 2013
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May 14, 2013
Julia Sapoznikova
May 13, 2013
Raymond Zahra
May 13, 2013
Sylvia Gray
May 13, 2013
Dean Windh
May 13, 2013
michela messineo
May 13, 2013
Robin Blier
Leave the indigenous tribes alone . let them live in peace.
May 13, 2013
Marla de Vries
May 13, 2013
Anita Coolidge
Greed MUST NOT be the reason for the demolition of people and their native habitat -- NOTHING should. These people and Mother Earth deserve honoring and respect always.
May 13, 2013
lynn tor
May 13, 2013
Wanda Washburn
Please stop!
May 13, 2013
Marie-Paule Vanderhoeft
May 13, 2013
Larry Conti
May 13, 2013
Marty Abel
May 13, 2013
Mary Garcia
May 13, 2013
ari gold
May 13, 2013
Rosemary Webber
May 13, 2013
Patricia Erwin
May 13, 2013
kim johnson
May 13, 2013
Jody Sadler
May 13, 2013
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May 13, 2013
Roberta De Andreis
May 13, 2013
neena beeharry
May 13, 2013
Luiz Rodrigues
May 13, 2013
Jane Crick
May 13, 2013
Kerrie Gorman
May 13, 2013
rita uljee
Please listen to the indigenous people and safe ther habitat.
May 13, 2013
joy catalan
May 13, 2013
Jeanne Peters
May 13, 2013
Anssi Haapala
May 13, 2013
sue barber
May 13, 2013
robert zank
May 13, 2013
Susan Navidad
May 13, 2013
marialoreto landi
May 13, 2013
Louise Brown
May 13, 2013
Alexander Kovesy
May 13, 2013
jocelyne fazekas
May 13, 2013
Murtaza Alibhai
