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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SEND SOS FOR THE AMAZON AT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SEND SOS FOR THE AMAZON AT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM

More than a fifteen hundred indigenous peoples from around the world send an SOS for the Amazon in Belem, Brazil, on January 27, 2009, at the start of the World Social Forum. Indigenous leaders warn that the Amazon rainforest is rapidly approching ecological collapse and call upon the world to join them in urgent action to save it. Belem is located on the mouth of the Amazon River.

Mariners send message to save the oceans from ocean acidification due to fossil fuel emissions Indigenous peoples send message to "Save the Amazon" at the World Social Forum INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SEND SOS FOR THE AMAZON AT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SEND A MESSAGE TO "SAVE THE AMAZON" AT THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM Gwich'in mother and child arrive at community house for opening of "Celebration of Land and Life". Gwich'in stand near poster at opening of "Celebration of Land and Life". Gwich'in people and supporters arrive at visitor center before staging of human banner to "Save the Arctic". Gwich'in people and supporters pray and reflect before staging of human banner to "Save the Arctic". Gwich'in people and supporters walk out on tundra to form human banner to "Save the Arctic". Gwich'in people send message to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling Gwich'in people send message to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling Gwich'in people send message to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling Gwich'in people send message to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling