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. “ — Waxy Yawanawa , Paije, spiritual leader of the Mawa Yuxyn center in the Yawanawa territories, Yawanawa, Brazil

Good morning, I am Waxy Yawanawa, I live here in Rio Gregório native land, near Acre, in the Amazon, Brazil. I am guardian of the forest of the Yomanawa spirituality practice, and I want to say that the forest, is our life, the forest is everything to us, we are born and raised in the forest, That's why we protect and defend the forest, because the forest brings us life, the forest is our home, the forest it is everything to us, that's why we defend the forest and I want to say thank you very much please, let's preserve our forest because it is our life.

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