"It will affect the whole planet," says protester in Rio march as Amazon fires rage on

Record ID: 1428581

  • Title: "It will affect the whole planet," says protester in Rio march as Amazon fires rage on
  • Date: 25th August 2019
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (AUGUST 25, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS WITH SIGNS ON AVENUE FEET OF PROTESTERS WALKING BY PROTESTERS WITH SIGNS CHANTING: (Portuguese) "OUT SALLES!" (Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles) MAN LEADING A PRAYER, SAYING: (Portuguese) "WE HAVE LOVE FOR THE AMAZON, WE HAVE LOVE FOR PLANET EARTH, WE WILL NOT REMAIN SILENT IN FACE OF THIS POLICY OF INDIFFERENCE WHICH PUTS PROFIT ABOVE HUMAN DIGNITY AND ABOVE MOTHER EARTH" REFLECTION OF BRAZILIAN FLAG IN PUDDLE REFLECTION OF PROTESTERS WALKING PAST PUDDLE PROTESTERS WALKING NEXT TO SEA AND ISLANDS INDIGENOUS MAN PAINTING A PROTESTER'S FACE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) MICHAEL BARET CUNHA, FIRST INDIGENOUS PERSON ADMITTED TO THE RIO STATE UNIVERSITY UNDER A QUOTA SYSTEM, SAYING: "We need to stop all of this. Most of Brazil was already devastated and now it’s advancing to the Amazon, and it will also devastate the Amazon. We cannot let this happen, because the entire planet will suffer. The consequences will not be just for Brazilians, but for all of us on the planet." GIRL PROTESTING NEXT TO MAN DRESSED AS FOREST (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) PROTESTER IN FOREST COSTUME, GERALDO DA SILVA, SAYING: "It's a declaration of love for nature. We need to preserve nature because it is preserving our very lives. Long live nature, long live green. Green is life." PROTESTER ALEX FRECHET HOLDING POSTER OF BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST CHICO MENDES (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) PROTESTER, ALEX FRECHET, SAYING: "Defending the Amazon is defending human beings. Humans depend on the Amazon, we are part of nature, we are nature, so it's impossible not to defend it." GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS HOLDING A SIGN (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GREENPEACE ACTIVIST, MIRTES TORRES, SAYING: "There are various solutions. For example, demarcation of lands would be something that helps a lot. Reduce the consumption of meat would do, just two days a week would also help. You don't need to stop entirely, just reduce to two days would help quite a bit. There are several actions one can do to help the Amazon." PROTESTERS MARCHING DOWN AVENUE
  • Embargoed: 9th September 2019 00:39
  • Keywords: Protest wildfires Rio Bolsonaro indigenous
  • Location: RIO DE JANEIRO / MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL
  • City: RIO DE JANEIRO / MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Environment,Editors' Choice,Climate Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001ATPV8ZR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Protesters from indigenous communities and Greenpeace joined locals on the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (August 25) to call on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to protect the Amazon rainforest.
    Chanting "Out Salles!" (Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles), the protesters also led a prayer for the Amazon. "We have love for the Amazon, we have love for planet Earth, we will not remain silent in face of this policy of indifference which puts profit above human dignity and above Mother Earth," said a protester holding a loud speaker.
    Michael Baret Cunha, the first indigenous person admitted to the Rio State University under a quota system, said the fires affected the whole planet.
    "We need to stop all of this. Most of Brazil was already devastated and now it’s advancing to the Amazon, and it will also devastate the Amazon. We cannot let this happen, because the entire planet will suffer. The consequences will not be just for Brazilians, but for all of us on the planet."
    Dramatic aerial photos of the Amazon forest fires showed a devastated indigenous territory in the state of Mato Grosso.
    Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world's largest tropical rainforest, according to a government video.
    (Production: Douglas Engle)
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