*[Enwl-eng] Brazil's Indigenous people need your help NOW!

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            SumOfUs has joined forces with the Articulation of Indigenous 
Peoples of Brazil (Apib) to stop bill PL 191/2020.

            If it passes this bill will open up Indigenous lands to 
industrial-scale mining – destroying pristine rainforest and devastating 
Indigenous communities.

            Tomorrow, Brazil’s Congress will vote on the bill, and with 
multi-million dollar corporations like Vale, Anglo American and BlackRock 
backing this terrible law, there's a chance it could pass. But we can stop 
this horror.

            More than 7,000 Indigenous people are in Brasilia right now 
fighting for their rights - and they’re asking for OUR help. Let’s make it 
clear to these greedy companies that people come before profit:

            Yes, I'll tweet!According to Apib, the biggest threats posed by 
the bill are:

              a.. It suppresses Indigenous peoples' exclusive right of 
possession over the lands they traditionally occupy;


              b.. It opens up Indigenous lands to industrial-scale mining as 
well as destructive infrastructure projects like hydroelectric dams, ports 
and roads;


              c.. It aggravates social conflicts and challenges like illicit 
trafficking, alcoholism, gender violence and social disintegration;


              d.. It suppresses the right of free, prior and informed 
consultation of the Indigenous Peoples and communities affected by large 
projects, a right guaranteed by ILO Convention 169;


              e.. It encourages incursions onto Indigenous lands, which 
leads to the illegal exploitation of natural resources and damage to 
cultural sites as well as intensifying attacks and threats to Indigenous 
communities, and the criminalization of leaders.
            Multi-million dollar companies like Vale, Anglo American, Belo 
Sun, Minsur Group, Potassio do Brasil and financiers like Capital Group, 
Bradesco, BlackRock and Vanguard, are doing EVERYTHING they can to make sure 
the Federal government approves laws that will enrich their executives, 
regardless of the terrible consequences for Indigenous peoples and the 
environment.

            This global community is being asked for help. Please act now:

            Yes, I'll tweet!PS- If you don't have Twitter, you can also put 
the pressure on by signing this petition!

            While our brothers and sisters are risking their lives to 
protect the rainforests and their own lives, we, members of SumOfUs, can 
help them win this fight.


             Envie seu tweet!
            Thanks for all that you do,
            Flora, Vanessa, Vicky and the whole team at SumOfUs



            Brazil Congress fast-tracks ‘death package’ bill to mine on 
Indigenous lands MONGABAY, March 15, 2022


            Bolsonaro suffers setback on bill to mine indigenous lands 
Reuters, March 9, 2022

            Mining Threatens Isolated Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon Eon 
Science, 25 January 2022









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      From: Flora Rebello Arduini, SumOfUs
      Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 7:17 PM
      Subject: Brazil's Indigenous people need your help NOW!


      SumOfUs has joined forces with the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples 
of Brazil (Apib) to stop Bill 191/2020.






 
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