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  • Antonio. Pastos. Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Antonio. Pastos. Colombia. #RightsofNature

    We demand that the rights of Mother Earth are respected.

  • Aceni . Alur. Uganda. #RightsofNature
    • Local communities,

    Aceni . Alur. Uganda. #RightsofNature

    If you plant a tree, you plant a life.

  • John. Kibuuka Katikamu. Uganda. #RightsofNature
    • Local communities,

    John. Kibuuka Katikamu. Uganda. #RightsofNature

    I love Nature and I encourage everyone to do the same by planting more trees, and we shall all thrive.

  • Amuke. Alokoya Grid. Uganda. #RightsofNature
    • Local communities,

    Amuke. Alokoya Grid. Uganda. #RightsofNature

    Trees are necessary and help us in wind breaking in this region.

  • Esequiel. Kamëntsá (Camsá). Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Esequiel. Kamëntsá (Camsá). Colombia. #RightsofNature

    I want to tell you that as I breathe, the mountains and the animals breathe as well.

  • Jonas. Guajajara. Brazil. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Jonas. Guajajara. Brazil. #RightsofNature

    Nature is not separate from us. We are one.

  • Ines. Kichwa. Ecuador. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Ines. Kichwa. Ecuador. #RightsofNature

    We must take care of Mother Earth. We all have this responsibility because she is our Mother. Mother Earth gives us everything. If we kill our Mother Earth, where are we and the children going to eat from, of the new generations that are coming? That is why we must live taking care and protecting Mother Nature.

  • Yazuri. Huasteco. Mexico. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Yazuri. Huasteco. Mexico. #RightsofNature

    So long as we humans continue perceiving ourselves as being different from Nature, and as long as we continue to make our decisions with ambition and self-interest as the central points we will continue to deplete the resources that the Earth, with so many years of evolution, has given us and to date, and continues to sustain us as a species.

  • Ana. Awa. Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Ana. Awa. Colombia. #RightsofNature

    From the cosmovision of the Indigenous peoples, health is conceived as the harmony between Mother Earth and the people who inhabit within her.

  • Rômulo. Kambeba Omágua. Brazil. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Rômulo. Kambeba Omágua. Brazil. #RightsofNature

    Mother Nature har rights. No one on planet Earth owns Nature. We are connected to her and united through one ancestry. We have to defend her and keep her alive.

  • Orlando. Kokama. Brazil. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Orlando. Kokama. Brazil. #RightsofNature

    Nature is asking for help. Nature. Mother Nature. She's asking for help. Because we live within her.

  • Jose. Lache. Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Jose. Lache. Colombia. #RightsofNature

    This is the gold we take care of, this water is for the benefit of ous and our future generations.

  • Naomi. Kichwa. Ecuador. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Naomi. Kichwa. Ecuador. #RightsofNature

    As Nature is our Mother, she has her own rights. She gives us our food, gives us life, this is where we can live and coexist with Nature.

  • Jhony. Pastos. Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Jhony. Pastos. Colombia. #RightsofNature

    We are her administrators and we have to be respectful. Because Mother Nature has no owner.

  • Marciane. Kokama. Brazil. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Marciane. Kokama. Brazil. #RightsofNature

    Without her we can't live. Without her, we the Indigenous poeple, we're nothing. Because Nature and Indigenous people are connected.

  • Hyjnõ. Krahô. Brazil. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Hyjnõ. Krahô. Brazil. #RightsofNature

    We are the defenders and the resistence of the Nature of this planet. Because there's no other planet. That's the one we have. There's no other planet to go. So we need to protect this planet all in all.

  • Aruák. Terena. Brazil. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Aruák. Terena. Brazil. #RightsofNature

    The Earth is autonomous. The Earth is savvy. The Earth is intelligent. It can't be considered something private.

  • Dolores. Kichwa. Ecuador. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Dolores. Kichwa. Ecuador. #RightsofNature

    We must take care of Mother Earth so that no disease reaches our Mother Earth.

  • Juan. Inga Condagua. Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Juan. Inga Condagua. Colombia. #RightsofNature

    We are making a call and Nature is making this call to respect her.

  • Rufino. Huottöja. Venezuela. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Rufino. Huottöja. Venezuela. #RightsofNature

    We need to care and respect. You have to follow the message from above. This is how we have to live as the guardians of the jungle.

  • Hugo. Saamaka. Suriname. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Hugo. Saamaka. Suriname. #RightsofNature

    In our territory, we the Saamaka people are struggling to protect and defend our forest.

  • Herminsul. Cofán. Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Herminsul. Cofán. Colombia. #RightsofNature

    The Earth, the Mother Earth, includes all the ancestral beings from the jungle.

  • Luzia. Krahô. Brazil. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Luzia. Krahô. Brazil. #RightsofNature

    Nature has the same full rights as us. Today we are fighting to protect Nature, but we need more support for Nature. Because it's Nature that protects us and always takes care for us.

  • Shirlley. Aymara. Peru. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Shirlley. Aymara. Peru. #RightsofNature

    Let us not forget that we live within her and we are part of Earth, Mother Nature needs our care.

  • Josefa. Huottoja. Mexico. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Josefa. Huottoja. Mexico. #RightsofNature

    Calling for the care of the rights of Mother Earth, Mother Nature, recognizing from there is born the life of all living beings…

  • Lian. Mara. India. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Lian. Mara. India. #RightsofNature

    I am thinking deeply how and what I should do in the conservation field, so that the vanishing wildlife including animals, birds, and plants will be increased from now on in and around the sanctuary.

  • Tracker. Apache. United States. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Tracker. Apache. United States. #RightsofNature

    We have a symbiotic relationship with Nature. With the trees, the water, the land, earth, and lifeforce.

  • Sayury. Kichwa. Ecuador. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Sayury. Kichwa. Ecuador. #RightsofNature

    She is our Mother. Just as our mother takes care of us, so we should take care of her too... Sometimes we should give her a gift.

  • Brian. Sarawak. Malaysia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Brian. Sarawak. Malaysia. #RightsofNature

    Our life depends on the jungle for food, building materials, medicines, and our culture and values are based on harmony with the jungle.

  • Sophie. Sápmi. Finland. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Sophie. Sápmi. Finland. #RightsofNature

    The Earth is the mother of us all and if we neglect her we neglect ourselves. As she is not something separate from us but she's the essence of our being, and her rights should be recognized.

  • Derechos de La Naturaleza AHORA 🌎 #DerechosdeLaNaturaleza
    • Voz Indígena,

    Derechos de La Naturaleza AHORA 🌎 #DerechosdeLaNaturaleza

    A llamamiento formal para una voz global unida. Necesitamos que los derechos de La Naturaleza sean reconocidos formalmente en la ONU.

  • Patrick. Batwa. Uganda. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Patrick. Batwa. Uganda. #RightsofNature

    We have more value in Nature, there in the forest. We feel that this is our home.

  • Rights of Nature NOW! 🌎 #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Rights of Nature NOW! 🌎 #RightsofNature

    A formal call for a united global voice. We need Nature’s rights formally recognized at the UN.

  • Anonymous. Cofán. Ecuador. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Anonymous. Cofán. Ecuador. #RightsofNature

    Nature has life and feels pain just as we feel it when we are sick.

  • Miguel. Kamëntsá (Camsá). Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Miguel. Kamëntsá (Camsá). Colombia. #RightsofNature

    Mother Earth has rights, rights that are binding us. As her children we have responsibilities to take care of her, to protect her, to respect her.

  • Waxy. Yawanawa. Brazil. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Waxy. Yawanawa. Brazil. #RightsofNature

    The forest is our life, the forest is verything to us. We are born and raised in the forest. That's why we protect and defend the forest. Because forest brings us life. The forest is our home.

  • Olinda. Yawa. Brazil. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Olinda. Yawa. Brazil. #RightsofNature

    We Indigenous peoples, have an authority, right and responsibility to speak up for Nature. Nobody own her, she own herself. Nature is not separate from us. We are connected. We are one.

  • Catherine. Māori. New Zealand. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Catherine. Māori. New Zealand. #RightsofNature

    Nature is sovereign, and as such, Nature has rights. Including the right not just to exist, but to thrive. Humans should coexist with Nature. Because we are part of Nature.

  • Leonard. Ogiek. Kenya. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Leonard. Ogiek. Kenya. #RightsofNature

    No one owns Nature. Nature owns herself. We can only speak for Nature, and protect it. Because Nature helps us all.

  • Nathalie. Cumanagoto. Venezuela. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Nathalie. Cumanagoto. Venezuela. #RightsofNature

    The rights of Nature are completely interrealted with human rights. Thanks to her we exist, thanks to her we have life. - For us, since time immemorial, Nature is alive

  • Fernando. Pijao. Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Fernando. Pijao. Colombia. #RightsofNature

    Our call is to all humanity, to all people, so that we all unite to claim the rights of Mother Earth.

  • Fernando. Pijao. Colombia. #RightsofNature
    • Indigenous voice,

    Fernando. Pijao. Colombia. #RightsofNature

    I call on all humanity to unite in one voice to claim the rights of our Mother Earth.

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