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in The Permanent Forum of the United Nations on the issues of the indigenous population – The largest show in the world for the original peoples – Native Population leaders from South America are taking the opportunity Lights Threats facing isolated peoples, also known as unique people.
Actors in the gathering for 10 days at the United Nations headquarters in New York City says that the removal of forests closes some societies in the Amazon, and many lack the official recognition of their records. They are holding multiple events in the city, including the launch of A. book With strategies to recognize their existence and share solutions to protect the lands that depend on them.
“There must be greater respect, protection and demarcation of the lands of these peoples,” said Bushi Mattis, the general coordinator of the Union of the Original Peoples in Vall de Javari. “It is important for us the people of the indigenous people who came to New York to raise our voices for them.”
The rights of indigenous peoples isolated in international legislation and some national laws, such as The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Native PeoplesAnd The agreement 169 International Labor Organization. However, these are sometimes Violate By countries, companies and invaders who are looking for the land. In some cases, they are not protected because states, including Venezuela and Paraguay, Don’t get to know them.
The indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation and initial communication, also known as Piaaci Threatened with the exploitation of natural resourcesand Drug traffickingand Illegal registrationAnd Mining In their lands, the researchers say. Contact with strangers can be fatal because isolated peoples lack immunity to common diseases abroad. These threats can also lead to their displacement and the disappearance of the game they depend on in order to survive.
“The issue is of utmost importance because these peoples are also helping to protect the original lands with the knowledge of their ancestors,” said Eligio Dacosta, head of the regional organization of the original peoples in Amazon, or Europe, in Venezuela.
The main proposals raised by the leaders and original organizations in the forum are the recognition of the vital lands of the isolated peoples and the implementation of protection measures, such as Public policies To protect their rights.
Jumeir Lopez, President of Orue, a regional organization from the association between races to develop rainforests in Peru, said the main concern of the leaders and indigenous population organizations in the forum is to secure their isolated Brotherhood and their sisters.
While there was previous progress in Peru, he said that the state, instead of ensuring the protection of these societies, has strengthened land possession policies, such as Laws that obstruct and prevent the establishment of indigenous reserves For isolated peoples. The government prefers The interests of the major companies Lopez said that the one wants to expand the scope of forest concessions and oil fields in these areas to enhance economic growth.
For more than 20 years, the Peruvian indigenous organizations offered to the government to create Yavarí Mirim, which is protected from the indigenous population over an area of 2.5 million acres on the Amazon border with Brazil and Colombia that would protect hundreds of isolated and initially connected to the region. But in February this year, the multi -sector committee in the country delayed A meeting to determine the boundaries of the reserves indefinitely.
The Ministry of Culture in Peru did not respond to our requests to comment on the time of publication.
Dario Silva Kubio, a regional round delegate in Amazon, told the Amazon administration in Colombia, told Mongapai that it was “very serious concern” in Colombia is that although there is a Decree to protect isolated peoplesSo far, it was there Little implementation There is no general policy on this topic, such as the emergency plan in the event of contact.
In Colombia and many other countries in South America, many people are in isolation It is threatened by organized groupsLike illegal miners and drug dealers, who transgress their homes and cause violence and displacement. “They are specifically trapped by crime chains,” she said at the forum in the forum.
“That is why it is necessary to continue investing more in investigations to find out who are these criminals.”
Throughout South America, the states only recognize people’s rights in isolation from their existence officially. In Venezuela, for example, although NGOs confirmed four records of the original peoples in voluntary isolation, the state did not recognize any of them.
“[Venezuela] “It does not appear on the map of the isolated peoples in Latin America [Indigenous territory] Mining almost reaches these people who do not have this initial contact, who are in isolation. “
Dakosta said that people in isolation have already been affected in some areas because mining gradually drives their displacement. At the forum, Orpia raised the issue with the national government and called for constitutional reform in Venezuela to establish rights for peoples in isolation and initial communication. At the present time, it is not included in its constitution, and the country does not have fixed protocols to recognize it in the laws and higher decrees.
The Ministry of Venezuela did not respond to the original peoples of our requests to comment by the time of publication.
The International Labor Group for the Protection of the Original Peoples launched in isolation and initial communication a a report In the forum that sets a series of principles and guidelines to help governments, indigenous organizations, and NGOs prove the presence of indigenous peoples in isolation.
According to a reportThere are 188 records of the indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation in South America, but only 60 is recognized by the state. “This means that for the state, 128 records are not present,” the report says, adding that this lack of recognition denies the rights of these societies. Of these records, the original organizations recognize 31, but they are not listed in the official lists.
The delegates also asked countries to adopt a regional corridor initiative, which aims to protect Piaaci and the well -being of neighboring indigenous peoples. Governments have called for coordination with the original organizations to implement politics, through a cross -border approach, to ensure the rights and regions of isolated peoples.
Last month, Colombia creature An area exceeding 2.7 million acres to protect the indigenous peoples Yuri Basia, which lives in isolation between the Kuwaiti rivers and Botumayo in the Amazon.
“In order to protect them, we must protect the lands that inhabits it,” Estrada said. “We must also protect the indigenous peoples surrounding the lands they live. If we strengthen the governance of these indigenous peoples whose lands surround the provinces of isolated peoples, we will clearly protect them.”
Giulio Kosurichi, a residential leader in Channbo Konbo and President of the Predictive Union of the Madry Dios and the tributaries in Peru, wrote about WhatsApp voice messages that they want to see the implementation of the Peruvian control and control system to protect Piaaci that involves the participation of the societies surrounding these archives.
