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Subject: THIS IMAGE SHOULD BE SEEN IN THE WHOLE WORLD

While magazines and TV chains report about the lives and love affairs of movie actors and actresses, football players and other celebrities, the Chief of the Kayapo tribe heard the worst news of his entire life: 

Mrs. Dilma, the president of Brazil, has given her approval for the construction of an enormous hydroelectric central (the world’s third largest one) to generate electricity for aluminum and iron ore smelters.

This means the death sentence for ALL the tribes living at the shores of the river because the barrage will flood more or less 400 000 hectares of the forest. 

More than 40 000 natives will have to find other living surroundings where they will be able to survive. 

The destruction of the natural habitat, the deforestation and the disappearance of several species of plants and animals will be a fait accompli. 

We know that a simple image is the equivalent of a thousand words, it shows the price to be paid for the “quality of life” of our so-called “modern comforts.”
There is no space in the world anymore for those who live differently. Everything has to be smoothed away, that everyone, in the name of globalization must lose his and her identity and way of living.

If this enrages you, I urge and implore you to forward this message to all your friends, relatives and acquaintances. 

Thank you in the name of life, nature and biodiversity.

©Hans van Raam

And here’s a way you can help!  Go to http://amazonwatch.org’s page about the damn, and do anything you can to help!  This is an amazing organization that does great work.  Please take time to not just like or reblog this, but to actually try and make a difference!  To watch a video about the dam, click here.