RAFT SS by caroline cundy

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RAFT SS

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RAFT PROJECT

BY: CAROLINE CUNDY

Hello Brazilian Governement. Today I am here to speak to you, on behalf of my native amazonian tribe, about our needs for the Amazon Rainforest. This is a beautiful place that we, along with hundred of species of animals, call home, and we would like to keep it that way.

Why do we need the land?
The Native Amazonian's taking residence in the Amazon Rainforest need this land for many reasons. First of all, it is how we get our food. We hunt and animals and plants in the Amazon Rainforest, and we need the trees to not be cut down, otherwise we will not be able to eat.

Photo by Ivan Mlinaric

We also need the land because it is where we live. We live in tree houses made in the tops of the Amazon's trees. We have perfected our way of building and living in these unique homes, and we love this lifestyle.

Photo by Ivan Mlinaric

We effect the land in many ways. We hunt the animals, however we use every bit of the animal that we kill. We also cut down a few trees around our tree house, however, it is not enough to make a serious impact on the land. Even though we do minimally impact the land in a bad way, this is our life and we only use what we must. We do, however, effect the other stakeholders. We use the land that the loggers want to cut down for their wood, and the land that the cattle ranchers want to graze their livestock. However, their uses of the land is wasteful and should not be allowed.

The Native Amazonian's have been living in the Amazon Rainforest for approximately 12,000 years, much longer then the other stakeholders. Since we have been living on our own for so long, we do not understand why we should not be able to live on the land.

Our biggest argument for the land is that we have been living on it successfully for the last 12,000 years. We survive from the food that the Amazon provides, and we live in it's treetops. We have not been bothering anyone for hundreds of years, and we do not understand why outsiders should be able to kick us out of the land that we have been using since before they even had the idea to take it from us.

Photo by LollyKnit

Other stakeholders want different things from the land. For example, the cattle ranchers want our land to graze their cattle on. Grazing for one animal farm takes acres of land, and in order for their to be that space, trees would have to be cut down. You see, there are many species of animals living in those trees. Why should their animals be more important than the animals that live there already?

Photo by Andreas Kay

Another stakeholder who wants our land is the loggers. The loggers say that they want the land so they can cut down all of the trees. They say that by selling this wood, it helps the economy. The Native Amazonian's have never been part of the economy, and there are more places for them to cut down trees then the Amazon Rainforest. The Amazon Rainforest is home to millions of animals and many tribes, and it doesn't seem right that the loggers can cut down the trees in a place where so many things live.

These are just some of the reasons that the Native Amazonian's deserve rights for the land that we have called home for about 12,000 years. Even though groups like the loggers and the cattle ranchers want our land, we hope that you will see that our way of life and uses for the land come before another groups job. Thank you.

caroline cundy