La Via Campesina is coordinating one of the alternative Cancún forums, bringing real solutions to climate change from the world’s farmworkers.
“Small Scale Sustainable Farmers are Cooling Down the Earth” and other Via Campesina documents are available for downloading here.
Farmers, Let’s Cool Down the Planet |
“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.
Change the System, Not the Climate |
The Forest is not for Sale: It is to be Defended |
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.
Lideresa comunitaria de México |
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.
Plenaria de líderes comunitarios internacionales |
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