humans do not own the earth, and therefore we do not have the right to harm the extent we are doing ( article)
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‘The Earth Does Not Belong to Human Beings; Human Beings Belong to the Earth’, Permanent Forum Hears as It Takes Up Issues of Climate Change, Land Tenure
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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All of humanity must work together to re-establish harmony and unity with the natural environment by implementing the Kyoto Protocol and creating a global governance system that respected and supported vegetable, mineral, animal, human and cosmic life, Nicolas Lucas Ticum, a Maya priest from Guatemala and a researcher on the Calendario Maya, told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today, as it continued its eighth session.
“The International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Governments must recognize the sustainable development that indigenous people have been promoting for centuries”, Mr. Lucas Ticum said, adding that “The Earth does not belong to human beings. Human beings belong to the Earth.”