Brazil: Declaration of Kari-Oca II adopted by five hundred Indigenous representatives in sacred ceremony

Climate Connections: Over five hundred Indigenous Peoples from Brazil and throughout the world gathered at Kari-Oca II, an encampment seated at the foot of a mountain near Rio Centro, to sign a declaration demanding respect for Indigenous Peoples' role in maintaining a stable world environment, and condemning the dominant economic approach toward ecology, development, human rights and the rights of Mother Earth. "We see the goals of UNCSD Rio+20, the "Green Economy", and its premise that the world can only 'save'...

URL: http://climate-connections.org/2012/06/19/declaration-of-kari-oca-ii-adopted-by-five-hundred-indigenous-representatives-in-sacred-ceremony/