The landmark agreement between the European Union and the Czech Republic is to protect the rainforest. But the natives are not very happy. | radio

Dinama from the Tuxa tribe in Brazil. This country is greatly affected by the new agreed law on the import of goods into Europe. At the United Nations Conference in Montreal, which deals with saving primeval forests and other important natural formations, came up for the Global Indigenous Peoples Alliance.

He says that if Europe is serious about adjusting consumer behavior and protecting the climate and nature of the world, the law should have been more ambitious.

“Protection of very important Brazilian regions, such as the world’s largest wetland, the Pantanal, or the unique tropical cerrado savannah region are excluded from this law. In their case, the companies’ obligation to ensure that goods are of sustainable origin does not apply to three-quarters of the territory,” he said in the broadcast. Dynam Radio Journal said this will have an impact on more than 110 communities there.

Although he acknowledged that European law against forest destruction, even in its current form, represented progress. And Ladislav Miko, who is leading in Montreal the negotiations for the Czech Republic and the European Union, which aims to develop a plan to protect nature on at least 30 percent of the world’s land and oceans by 2030, believes.

“I think it’s fundamentally important, and I don’t think it’s a step that fell flat. In these matters, in many cases, Europe is a leader in reaching a comprehensive solution for many countries, and that ultimately creates demand and pressure for others to do the same. It’s one manifestation of leadership. The European Union is on the case. Other countries that import products can be expected to follow this pattern – perhaps with a distance – as well,” says Miko.

A similar as-yet-unapproved law is pending in the US Congress, and separate proposals have been put forward by lawmakers in California and New York.

Law essential basis

Fanny Quirova arrived at the UN conference on saving the world’s nature from Colombia, and it cannot be said that she rejoiced without criticizing the new European law. He considers it a necessary foundation not only for other parts of the world, but also for the European Union itself.

This legislation, for example, lacks a clear guarantee that products sold in Europe do not come from anywhere where indigenous people are being killed because of pressure to raise cattle or grow soybeans.

Another representative of the Global Indigenous Alliance, Levi Sucre from Costa Rica, says the law lacks the European Parliament’s original proposal that companies involved in forest destruction are not only allowed to sell in the EU, but also not to take out loans from local banks.

I asked Dinama from northeastern Brazil how the new European law against deforestation will affect the natural environment in which the Toxa tribe lives.

“Since the law has been adopted, it will not have any positive effect. Quite the contrary – my people live in an area adjacent to the forest and are not protected by this law. All companies and their development projects will pass to us now. So it will have a huge negative impact on us,” comments Dinamam from the tribe The Brazilian tuxa is based on newly adopted European law which does not guarantee the protection of its area of ​​origin.

Even if we don’t come across meat, coffee, chocolate or furniture created by destroying the rainforest in the Czech shops of the future.

Jean Caliba

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