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"Indigenous leaders from the Amazon have journeyed to the UK’s Dartmoor in an
act of global solidarity for rainforest restoration.
Staff from the Woodland Trust were joined by representatives from communities
including the Asháninka and Guarani in Buckland Wood, a 100-hectare (247-acre)
swathe of temperate rainforest in Devon’s Dart Valley.
The trust has announced a £2.8m appeal to buy the forest and fund its
restoration. The habitat is one of two locations in the UK that are home to an
internationally rare lichen, and has the potential to support threatened
species such as bats, otters and dormice.
Discussions of hope and solidarity were the main themes of the transcontinental
visit, which began with traditional prayers from the Asháninka people, who
live on the Brazilian-Peruvian border. The group also found common ground in
issues such as fragmentation facing UK rainforests as well as their
counterparts in South America.
Alexandrina Piyãko, a spiritual leader from the Asháninka, emphasised that
restoring the land must go hand-in-hand with restoring people’s relationships
with nature, cautioning that no environmental movement can succeed without that
deeper connection."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
