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PERU MEETS THE PHILIPPINES IN MACROASIA MINING CLAIM AREA
By: ALDAW NETWORK
Posted: May 16 10
Witnessed: 978 times
Regions: Peru, Philippines
Issues: Environment, Indigenous peoples
Tags: ALDAW, Amazonian indigenous communities, Brooke's Point Municipality, mining, Palawan, Peru
Recently, through the support of the Christensen Fund, the Centre for Biocultural Diversity (CBCD) - University of Kent - has facilitated the establishment of solidarity links between the indigenous communities of Palawan and those of Madre de Dios (Peru) who have resisted and are resisting mining for more than two decades. The establishment of this linkage took place right at the time when indigenous peoples of the Amazonian Peru had began various forms of open resistance against hydrocarbon extraction in their traditional territories. The solidarity link between the IPs of Peru and Palawan is being consolidated through the collaboration of the Ancestral Land/Domain Watch (ALDAW) and COINBAMAD (Consejo Indigena de la Cuenca Baja de Madre De Dios). Such exchanges promotes the sharing of experiences as a way of: 1) fostering reflection and joint actions through the establishment of strategic alliances; and 2) addressing common problems regarding indigenous links, rights and claims over ancestral homelands and cultural landscapes. The envisaged goal is to enable the production of jointly produced video materials that could be used to exert pressure at a national and international policy level. Through Julios visit, a process of direct exchange between grassroots indigenous mobilization in Madre de Dios, Peru and local indigenous anti-mining movements in Palawan has been initiated. Julio visited the pristine Gantong forest being claimed by MacroAsia Corporation for Nickel extraction. Video shootings made by Julio Cusurichi in Palawan have been taken back to Peru and are being shown to the Amazonian indigenous communities. A cross-visit of Palawan representatives to the Peruvian Amazon is being planned.
Sign the online campaign to save Palawan:http://www.petitiononline.com/PA2010/petition.html For more information: survivalinternational.org/tribes/palawan
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