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World Cup Spotlight, Amazon Tribes Call End Deforestation
2014-06-17 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Chief Raoni Metuktire, head of the Kayap indigenous group from the Xingu region, deep in the Amazon rainforest, sits in a packed lecture hall in London. With his jutting lip plate and large feather headdress, the elderly, gently-spoken tribal leader is an imposing presence. When Im gone I want my children and grandchildren to live in the forest as I have done, he says. I ask for your help. In the past, we didnt knock down the trees, destroy the land and build dams, but now all that is happening....
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