La Via Campesina ha coordinado uno de los foros alternativos en Cancún, trayendo soluciones verdaderas al cambio climático desde los campesinos del mundo.
"Small Scale Sustainable Farmers are Cooling Down the Earth" and other Via Campesina documents are available for downloading here.
"Los pequeños productores y productoras y la agricultura sustentable están enfriando el planeta," y otros documentos de Via Campesina están disponibles para descargar acá.
In honor of today's day on the the Maya calendar, Ix, women from Guatemala and other parts of the world started the agenda with indigenous ceremony.
Honrando el día del calendario Maya hoy, Ix, mujeres de Guatemala y otras partes del mundo empezaron la agenda con ceremonia indígena.
Throughout the day false solutions for climate change were derided. "You can't create market solutions to climate change," was highlighted by the first panel of the day. A rejection of the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) proposals and any commercialization of natural resources has been a major theme in all of the alternative Cancún activities. Read more about the REDD issue here.
The struggles of communities were the focus of the second panel of the day, providing an opportunity to hear the voice of groups from Mexico. As in Guatemala in the case of the Xalalá dam, many communities are fighting against dams such as the Zapotillo in Jalisco, Parota in Guerrero, as well as the Endho dam reservoir of toxic waste in Hidalgo. Supportive cheers and chants rang out throughout the communities' presentations.
Se enfocaron en las luchas de comunidades en la segunda plenaria del día, con la oportunidad de escuchar las voces de grupos de México. Como en Guatemala en el caso de la represa Xalalá, muchas comunidades están luchando contra represas como Zapotillo en Jalisco, Parota en Guerrero y también el embalse de aguas negras Endho en Hidalgo. En respuesta a estas voces comunitarias, se escucharon consignas y gritos de apoyo por todo el foro.
"Small Scale Sustainable Farmers are Cooling Down the Earth" and other Via Campesina documents are available for downloading here.
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| Farmers, Let's Cool Down the Planet |
In honor of today's day on the the Maya calendar, Ix, women from Guatemala and other parts of the world started the agenda with indigenous ceremony.
Honrando el día del calendario Maya hoy, Ix, mujeres de Guatemala y otras partes del mundo empezaron la agenda con ceremonia indígena.
Throughout the day false solutions for climate change were derided. "You can't create market solutions to climate change," was highlighted by the first panel of the day. A rejection of the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) proposals and any commercialization of natural resources has been a major theme in all of the alternative Cancún activities. Read more about the REDD issue here.
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| Change the System, Not the Climate |
En el transcurso del día, se rechazaron las soluciones falsas al cambio climático. "No se puede hacer soluciones al cambio climático con el mercado," fue subrayado en la primera plenaria del día. Rechazo a las propuestas REDD (Reducción de Emisiones procedentes de la Deforestación y la Degradación de los Bosques) y cualquier mercantilización de los recursos naturales ha sido un tema principal en todas las actividades alternativas en Cancún. Lee más sobre el tema de REDD acá.
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| The Forest is not for Sale: It is to be Defended |
Mexican community leader
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| Lideresa comunitaria de México |
Panel of international community leaders
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| Plenaria de líderes comunitarios internacionales |
Emiliano Zapata is quoted as saying, "The land belongs to those who work it." At La Via Campesina's forum, farmers shared their struggles in defense of their territories and the lands they work, cultivate and protect.
En las palabras de Emiliano Zapata, "La tierra es de los que la trabaja." En el foro de La Via Campesina, campesinas y campesinos compartieron sus luchas en defensa de sus territorios y las tierra que ellos trabajan, cultivan y protejen.
The land doesn't belong to us, we belong to the land
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| La Tierra No Nos Pertenece, Nosotros Pertenecemos a la Tierra |
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