O mundo e o conhecimento sustentável indígena

Abstract

For the leader of the Baniwa ethnic group, and from the viewpoint of indigenous peoples, the 'sustainable world' existed even before the colonizers arrived. For Fernando, the white man changes nature, and the world will be destroyed by global warming. He points out that over 10.6 million hectares along the Negro river were demarcated as indigenous lands for 22 different peoples. Indigenous organizations have developed projects on these lands under the Programa Regional de Desenvolvimento Indígena Sustentável do Rio Negro (Regional Program for the Sustainable Indigenous Development of the Negro River). At the Conselho Nacional de Gestão de Patrimônio Genético (National Council on the Management of Genetic Heritage), the Baniwa take part in seminars where they discuss the protection of access to traditional knowledge. Fernando calls on the Brazilian government to respect the Convention on Biological Diversity, which addresses indigenous rights.