“ In Behalf of Indigenous and Traditional Communities
and Food Sovereignty!”

July 26th – International Mangroves Action Day

The 2007’s campaign “In Behalf of Indigenous and Traditional Communities and Food Sovereignty” organized to celebrate July 26th, International Mangroves Action Day starts a call for the rights of the indigenous and traditional communities of the mangrove ecosystem based on the recognition of our territory where we build our culture, our identity and the base for our food sovereignty.

The indigenous and traditional mangroves communities of Latin America, have millenary lived, in a vital way, related to the ecosystem.  In this space we put dreams; we find our past, our present and future. Here we live together with our grandfathers and grandmothers, with our sons and daughters, with our brothers and sisters from all the Americas and the world. Here we stand up together for our territory, for our food, for our work, for our dignity.

This 26th of July we wish that the whole world hear our voices; the voices of the indigenous and traditional communities of the mangrove ecosystem. We hope that these voices reach all of our societies, the indolent authorities, the depredator enterprises. We desire that we can hear each other, all the voices of the South and that we continue walking together in behalf of our ideals.

Lider Gongora Farias
President C-CONDEM
Executive Secretary Redmanglar International - redmanglar@redmanglar.org