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Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador reject REDD |
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Chris Lang
| Tuesday, 11 August 2009
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CONFENIAE, the confederation of indigenous peoples from the Ecuadorian Amazon (the Ecuadorian member organization of COICA), issued a statement on 3 August 2009 which strongly rejects REDD:
“We reject the negotiations on our forests, such as REDD projects, because they try to take away our freedom to manage our resources and also because they are not a real solution to climate change, on the contrary, they only make it worse.”
The full statement is below, and can be downloaded in English (pdf file, 113 KB) or Spanish (pdf file, 340 KB).
STATEMENT
Unión Base, Puyo August 3rd, 2009
CONFENIAE REJECTS ALL KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL NEGOCIATIONS ON FORESTS AND EXTRACTIVE POLICIES THAT DAMAGE THE TERRITORIES OF THE AMAZONIAN INDIGENOUS NATIONALITIES AND PEOPLES OF ECUADOR
CONSIDERING
That the Right to Plurinationality and Sumak Kawsay, enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic, and the Right to Self-Determination of the Ancestral Nationalities and Peoples, consecrated in international instruments like Convention 169 of the ILO [and] the universal United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, exist to guarantee that human beings and nature live together in a world in suitable conditions, and that they can develop based on the principles of solidarity, reciprocity [and] the conservation of the territorial space as a whole, for the security and survival of the present and future generations; and to guarantee a healthy environment, free of pollution, repression and the imposition of government policies on indigenous peoples;
That all these policies and extractive activities and negotiations on the forests and biodiversity in our Ancestral Territories will have unfathomable consequences, including the extinction of our identity as Ancestral Nations, [our] loss of the control and management of our territories, which would subsequently be managed by the State, foreign countries, multinationals, REDD negotiators or Carbon Traders; which would result in unprecedented misery, hunger and extreme poverty, just like what is happening right now to our indigenous brothers and sisters in the Northern Amazon of Ecuador because of geopolitical, economic and commercial interests;
RESSOLVES:
1. To warn and communicate to all the grassroots organizations of the structure of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon – CONFENIAE, which is comprised of centers, communities, associations, federations, organizations and nationalities, in the framework of the Resolution and Mandate of the Congress held on May 28-31, 2009, that the Regional Organization of the Ecuadorian Amazon, will not permit interference nor representation, nor allow spokespersons to discuss nor dialogue, let alone take steps to negotiate in national or international forums our Natural Resources that exist in our Territories.
2. The CONFENIAE will not negotiate nor dialogue without the consent of the grassroots on the issues of Oil Extraction Activities, Mining, Hydroelectric Dams, the SocioBosque Plan, REDD business, Environmental Services, etc., since certain entities, like the Energy, Environment and Population institution, the World Bank and Carbon Traders in alliance with Latin American governments are trying to negotiate the lives of the Indigenous Nationalities and Peoples [and] undermine our Rights to our Territories.
3. We recognize that climate change is a problem and we demand that Annex I countries acknowledge their responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions, [and,] therefore, diminish the burning of fossil fuels, whose extraction has caused deforestation in the Amazon and grave social and environmental problems in our territories.
4. We reject the negotiations on our forests, such as REDD projects, because they try to take away our freedom to manage our resources and also because they are not a real solution to climate change, on the contrary, they only make it worse.
5. We inform COICA, of which we are a part, that, as Ecuadorian Amazonian representatives with the right to voice and vote, that no person, entity, NGO, etc., is authorized to speak on our behalf in favor or against any issue without our knowledge and participation.
Sincerely,
Tito Puanchir.
PRESIDENT “CONFENIAE”
PRONUNCIAMIENTO
Unión Base, Puyo 03 agosto 2009.
LA CONFENIAE RECHAZA TODO TIPO DE NEGOCIACIONES AMBIENTALES, SOBRE LOS BOSQUES Y POLÍTICAS EXTRACTIVAS, QUE AFECTEN LOS TERRITORIOS DE LAS NACIONALIDADES AMAZÓNICAS Y PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS DEL ECUADOR
CONSIDERANDO
Que, el Derecho a la Plurinacionalidad y el Sumak Kawsay, expresados en la Constitución de la República, y el Derecho a la Autodeterminación de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos Ancestrales, que rezan los Instrumentos Internacionales como el Convenio 169 de la OIT, la Declaración Universal de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, están para garantizar la vivencia y convivencia entre los seres humanos y la naturaleza, en un mundo de aceptables condiciones, un desarrollo basado en los principios de la solidaridad, reciprocidad, conservación de todo el espacio territorial, para la seguridad y existencia de generaciones, presentes y venideras, y para garantizar un ambiente sano, libre de contaminación, de represión, de sumisión por parte de las políticas de los ciertos gobiernos hacia los pueblos indígenas.
Que, toda política y actividad extractiva y de negociación de los bosques y biodiversidad en nuestros Territorios Ancestrales causará inimaginables implicaciones, entre ellas la extinción de la identidad de las Naciones Ancestrales, la perdida del control y el manejo de nuestros territorios que pasarían a ser manejados por el Estado, países extranjeros, transnacionales, negociadores de REDD o comerciantes de Carbono, todo lo cual devendría en miseria, hambre y pobreza extrema nunca antes vistas, tal como ahora ocurren con nuestros hermanos indígenas en la Amazonia norte del Ecuador por intereses geopolíticos, económicos y comerciales.
RESUELVE:
1. Alertar y comunicar a todas las bases de la estructura de la Confederación de las Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana -CONFENIAE, constituidas en los Centros, Comunidades, Asociaciones, Federaciones, Organizaciones y Nacionalidades, en el marco de la Resolución y Mandato del Congreso de 28-31 de mayo del 2009, que la Organización Regional de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana, no permitirá, la intromisión, ni representación, ni interlocutores para que discutan, dialoguen, aun mas, den paso a la negociación de nuestro Bienes Naturales existentes en nuestros Territorios en espacios nacionales o internacionales.
2. La CONFENIAE no negociará ni dialogará sin consentimiento de sus bases, sobre temas de negociaciones para Actividades Extractivas Petroleras, Mineras, Hidroeléctricas, Plan Socio Bosque, negocios REDD, Servicios Ambientales, etc, ya que ciertos organismos, como la institución Energía Ambiente y Población, Banco Mundial y los Mercaderes de Carbono, conjuntamente en alianza con los gobiernos Latinoamericanos, pretenden negociar sobre la vida de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos Indígenas afectando nuestros Derechos Territoriales.
3. Reconocemos el problema del Cambio Climático y exigimos a los países del Anexo 1 que reconozcan su responsabilidad en cuanto a las emisiones de gases con efecto invernadero, disminuyendo por tanto la quema de combustibles fósiles, cuya extracción ha causado la deforestación de la Amazonía y graves problemas sociales y ambientales en nuestros territorios.
4. Rechazamos las negociaciones sobre nuestros bosques, como los son los proyectos REDD, ya que pretenden quitarnos el libre manejo sobre nuestros recursos y porque además no son una solución definitiva al problema del cambio climático, al contrario, solo lo empeora.
5. Comunicamos a la COICA, de la cual somos parte, como representantes amazónicos ecuatorianos con derecho a voz y voto, que ninguna persona, organismo, ONG, etc, está autorizado a pronunciarse a nuestro nombre a favor o en contra de cualquier tema del cual no tengamos conocimiento ni participación.
Atentamente,
Tito Puanchir.
PRESIDENTE “CONFENIAE”
Ines Shiguango
Vicepresidenta “CONFENIAE”
Source: www.redd-monitor.org/2009/08/11/indigenous-peoples-in-ecuador-reject-redd
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