Por Belen Iñiguez (Staff de CS)
Hablar de soberanía alimentaria desde y para los Pueblos Indígenas es hablar de una producción alimenticia respetuosa con los animales, las semillas, la tierra, la vida y la espiritualidad. La soberanía alimentaria también implica conservar los alimentos, aplicar saberes ancestrales que permiten mantener los alimentos en buen estado por más tiempo, sin depender de procesos industriales. Esa conservación es parte fundamental del derecho a decidir cómo alimentarse.
Este encuentro reunirá a las y los campesinos indígenas, a los y las poseedoras de conocimientos, narradores de historias, preparadoras o preservadores de alimentos, artesanos y artesanas indígenas; defensoras y defensores de los derechos al territorio, al agua, a las semillas, para que los seres sagrados del maíz que nos otorgan la supervivencia perseveren.
Singapore-based rubber company Halcyon Agri, and its subsidiary in Cameroon, Sudcam, have been exposed in a report released by Greenpeace in July 2018 as extremely dangerous to the Indigenous Baka community and a local wildlife reserve.
Two local protests broke out in the Southwest region of Cameroon this summer in opposition to the New York based company Herakles’ Farms, who have already planted nurseries for their proposed palm oil plantation.
In the village of Fabe, one of the communities hosting a nursery, a revolt was staged against the company. Protestors blocked the entrance to the nursery, telling workers that they had put a curse on the seedlings, scaring off all the workers.
In a great victory, four Economic Land concessions that had been authorized in the Prey Lang forest of Cambodia have been cancelled. The concessions, totaling 40,618 hectares, would have allowed for the clear-cutting of pristine primary forests in order to grow rubber plantations, adding to a long list of other concessions that threaten the Prey Lang forest.
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.
