Paul McCartney and Ranulph Fiennes back Amazon tribe threatened by dams
Paul McCartney and Ranulph Fiennes back Amazon tribe threatened by dams
Artists, poets, film directors and musicians call on Brazilian government and European companies to recognise the rights of the Munduruku people
John Vidal
Wednesday 10 August 2016 02.00 EDT
Some 48 musicians, poets, chefs, artists, film directors and other celebrities including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Mark Rylance have called on the Brazilian government and European companies to recognise the rights of an Amazonian group whose territory is threatened by a large complex of dams.
In a letter to the Guardian, the group says Brazil’s plan to build four large and many smaller dams on the Tapajós river and its tributaries could destroy thousands of square miles of forest and imperil the Munduruku indigenous people.
A delegation of Munduruku chiefs will arrive in Britain this week to seek a formal meeting with European technology giant Siemens, which has been part of a consortium bidding to win contracts to build the dams.
Chief Arnaldo Kabá Munduruku and his senior adviser will ask Siemens in Britain to publicly state that they will not participate in plans for new dams on their ancestral lands.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/10/paul-mccartney-and-ranulph-fiennes-back-amazon-tribe-threatened-by-dams
