- Signatures: 4,341
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 12-5-2003
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Please help protect the sacred ancestral lands of the indigenous Kichwa people in the Amazon Rainforest from Oil Company destruction. We are a traditional people that live in harmony with the huge animal and plant biodiversity that surounds us. Our land has never before been mined, lumbered or exploited and we need your support in keeping it intact for the future generations. Your signature will help us greatly in gaining support for our defense.
| Number | Date | Name | Why am I signing this petition? | Any additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,352 | 1:42 pm PDT, Aug 12 | Debra Ritchi | ||
| 4,351 | 3:36 am PDT, Aug 2 | Simon Altas | to support all indian activities. free the nature and freedom living for all indian peoples | |
| 4,350 | 1:33 am PDT, Aug 1 | Anonymous | to give an international support to the the Sarayacu Kichwa Community.... | ....Please listen... |
| 4,349 | 5:37 am PDT, Jul 31 | Ray Bell | Because the Amazon rainforest is vital to Earth. | The Sarayacu Kichwa community/tribe needs to be left alone to live their lives as they choose to live in harmony with their natural environment! |
| 4,348 | 11:50 am PDT, Jul 29 | greta malkotzoglou | ||
| 4,347 | 12:04 am PDT, May 23 | chancel frédéric | La forêt est un bien vital pour les peuples d'Amazonie et pour l'humanité tout entière ; les atteintes à la forêt et aux peuples qui y vivent sont des crimes contre l'humanité. | |
| 4,346 | 12:17 am PDT, May 6 | Skylar Hoey | I think that the rate destruction is way too fast and is somthing that i want to study as a future career when i graduate highschool. | |
| 4,345 | 11:13 am PDT, Apr 28 | nicolo banks | 25 percent of our medicines will be gone if rain forests go away. | |
| 4,344 | 11:27 pm PDT, Apr 27 | liliana quelal | apoyo a la lucha de la comunidad de sarayacu en contra de las transnacionales | |
| 4,343 | 11:12 pm PDT, Apr 25 | Nick Adams | I support and agree to the fight and the rights from SARAYACU KICHWA COMMUNITY against the oil industrie. They kill and destroy live for money and stocks. This is perverse. | |
| 4,342 | 3:54 am PDT, Apr 22 | Nicole Hoffmann | ||
| 4,341 | 10:33 pm PDT, Apr 20 | isabell köhler | ||
| 4,340 | 3:12 am PDT, Apr 20 | Heike Mank | The Kichwa people have a right to live where they live. They have a right to live in peace and in a healthy surrounding. Everyone should support them in their fight against environmental pollution. It's unbelievable what the petrol companies try to do in such a natural jewel. Can't they imagine what effect their "activities" will have someday on the rest of the world when all that waste will have reached the Atlantic Ocean? Will all the other countries wake up then? Who controlls such companies that don't care about people and nature? THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RAINFOREST HAS TO BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY! | I saw a program about the brave Kichwa people and their fight on TV yesterday. It was very interesting and sad, I must say although I'm very interested in South America I didn't know that the situation was that bad and I was really shocked. I wonder why this program was only shown on a smaller channel at noon - it should have been shown in one of our German main channels so that it can be seen by many more people. Heriberto Gualinga and all the other Kichwa people are very brave and I wish them all the best for the future. Don't give up and try to reach more people all over the world! |
| 4,339 | 11:09 am PDT, Apr 19 | Karl-Magnus Melin | I visited Sarayacu in january2008 with my family. Its a marvelous place. The people of Sarayacu is very friendly and they only want to live their lives in peace. My daughter Elda who is three years old had a rely good time in Sara yacu and i really hope I can take her there again. | |
| 4,338 | 4:05 am PDT, Apr 19 | Sascha Windhorst | I was shocked by the documentation of Stefan Schaaf, that was aired in April 2008 in german television. | What can we do? |
| 4,337 | 3:33 am PDT, Apr 19 | M. Badorf | to save our whole planet for our children | |
| 4,336 | 1:36 pm PDT, Apr 18 | Patricia Wagemans | ||
| 4,335 | 11:07 am PDT, Apr 18 | Hayley Wickliff | I believe that the deforestation of such a beautifully mysterious environment is disgusting. The rainforest could very well unlock the answer to solving numerous diseases along with cancer and AIDS. We must stop the destruction before its too late! | |
| 4,334 | 7:12 pm PDT, Apr 16 | Patrick Oswald | Parce que c'est une honte de laisser faire... | Arrêtons de poluer ces derniers coins préservés pour garantir le confort du monde occidental |
| 4,333 | 1:53 pm PDT, Apr 14 | Ali Blevins | ||
| 4,332 | 11:17 am PDT, Apr 12 | samantha wolff | because it is unfair these rain forests cant defend themselves we need to | stop the logging of rain forests |
| 4,331 | 1:05 am PDT, Apr 12 | K S | Because I truly believe that the EARTHS rainforest are the single most important locations to sustaing all life on it. | I truly believe that we have a cure for every every disease and maladies of our spirits and even our souls enclosed in preserving the rainforest.Infact the rainforest are our best defense toward Global Warming |
| 4,330 | 11:43 am PDT, Apr 10 | Anonymous | I believe it is never too late to add a voice to help better the earth. | |
| 4,329 | 12:03 am PDT, Apr 10 | Anonymous | ||
| 4,328 | 12:15 pm PDT, Apr 9 | Hélène Mauban | Il faut absolument sauver ce peuple qui a besoin de la nature pour vivre en equilibre! ce bout de foret est un poumon pour notre planete, les compagnies petrolieres feraient des degats irreversibles et méneraient à la disparition d'un peuple plein de sagesse! | Preservez la nature vaut tout l'or du monde, il s'agit de notre survie à tous! |
| 4,327 | 5:47 am PDT, Apr 8 | Kenneth Lapointe | to protect this rainforest | |
| 4,326 | 1:07 pm PDT, Apr 6 | Laurel Watson | ||
| 4,325 | 5:57 pm PDT, Apr 3 | Jesse Williamson | It is in the interest of everyone on the planet that we preserve this natural resource and habitat. | |
| 4,324 | 6:47 am PDT, Apr 2 | Dethier Joseph | Pour la protection de notre biotope et la sauvegarde de la forêt amazonienne. | Participe au projet de Frontière de Vie. |
| 4,323 | 5:05 am PDT, Mar 30 | GUILMIN ISABELLE | feel concern about protect rain forest and worried about treath on traditional way of living and his most representative people | |
| 4,322 | 12:26 pm PDT, Mar 27 | Gavard Muriel | ||
| 4,321 | 4:14 am PDT, Mar 22 | Nayara Miele Pimentel | ||
| 4,320 | 6:07 am PDT, Mar 17 | Emmy Undem | ||
| 4,319 | 10:16 pm PDT, Mar 15 | Mató Le Freak | anybody who have brains support this cause | Keep the fight PLEASE |
| 4,318 | 12:41 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Gerrits Marc | Le respect et la protection sont dus aussi bien à l'être humain qu'à la nature. C'est l'avenir qui est en jeu, ce qui me semble plus important que tout type d'intérêt à court terme. | |
| 4,317 | 2:30 am PDT, Mar 12 | VIGUIER Alain | Alain VIGUIER | La Forêt primaire une ressource naturelle indispenssable a protéger contre las multinationales et autres prédateurs. |
| 4,316 | 5:59 pm PST, Mar 5 | E Boudet | A minha total solidariedade a este povo para que defenda nao so os seus proprios interesses mas tambem a dignidade humana e da natureza face a brutalidade e a ganância de interesses financeiros egoistas. | |
| 4,315 | 5:40 pm PST, Mar 5 | frederique arnoul | je souhaite soutenir malgre l'eloignement ces indiens qui se batte bravement. en esperant que l'europe soit touchée par cette catastrophe | |
| 4,314 | 6:16 pm PST, Mar 3 | Michael Nelson | ||
| 4,313 | 1:05 pm PST, Mar 3 | Emna Arfaoui | Hay que respetar a la naturaleza y a las personas que la respetan. | |
| 4,312 | 12:59 pm PST, Mar 2 | Sonia Alvarez | The rainforest is something that is disappearing at a rate of 3% a year. If we dont act now, in about 30 years it could vanish, it could be something that would only be read about in history books. Save the amazon for future generations. Las amazonas es algo que esta desapareciendo 3% cada año. Si no actuamos ahora en 30 años no quedara selva para disfrutar. Protegamos la selva para generaciones futuras. | WE can save the amazon. NOSOTROS podemos salvar las amazonas |
| 4,311 | 9:15 am PST, Feb 29 | miranda jane | ||
| 4,310 | 7:40 am PST, Feb 26 | Anonymous | because I'm working at school on the indian problems in Ecuador. I'm very shocked by what happen in Sarayaku and I'm so sad to not being able of doing something important for them | |
| 4,309 | 10:55 am PST, Feb 23 | Sara Mmmm | ||
| 4,308 | 10:08 am PST, Feb 23 | Douglas Thayer | I recently watched a European TV show on the efforts of the Sarayaku people to prevent the destruction of their tribal lands, such as has occurred in the northern part of the country. | |
| 4,307 | 1:43 pm PST, Feb 19 | Doris Schulze | I sign this petition because the rainforest have to guard urgently!!! The humanity, how the Sarayacu Kichwa Community is much more important than the profit of the enterprises. | |
| 4,306 | 5:04 am PST, Feb 18 | Linda Heinrich | ||
| 4,305 | 1:11 pm PST, Feb 11 | Anonymous | ||
| 4,304 | 12:03 pm PST, Feb 11 | David Harding | ||
| 4,303 | 7:47 am PST, Feb 2 | Anonymous | fight against capitalism | |
| 4,302 | 3:28 am PST, Jan 31 | Mariam Städing | ||
| 4,301 | 7:48 am PST, Jan 28 | Gerlinde Rupp | To support the people and the rainforest |
STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR SACRED RAINFOREST (SARAYACU KICHWA COMMUNITY)
Dear President of Ecuador; Pablo Teran, Minister of Energy and Mines; and Officials of the Government,
We know that Ecuador has a biodiversity of culture and nature in the Amazon Rainforest, and that it is the "Lungs of the World". For us it is very sad to know that the Oil Companies with your approval is going to destroy completely the Amazon region, especially Block 23.
It is the moral responsibility of all the inhabitants of this planet to care and protect this place. Many countries do not even have such places and riches that your country Ecuador possesses. We urge you to stop with this killing and massacre that is about to occur to the peoples who live there and the life of the nature that exists in this region. We urge you to respect and uphold the rights of ILO169 guaranteed to indigenous peoples signed by your country.
In hope that our petition is received, we anticipate giving you our congratulations for saving a region that is so vital and important to the whole world.
We know that Ecuador has a biodiversity of culture and nature in the Amazon Rainforest, and that it is the "Lungs of the World". For us it is very sad to know that the Oil Companies with your approval is going to destroy completely the Amazon region, especially Block 23.
It is the moral responsibility of all the inhabitants of this planet to care and protect this place. Many countries do not even have such places and riches that your country Ecuador possesses. We urge you to stop with this killing and massacre that is about to occur to the peoples who live there and the life of the nature that exists in this region. We urge you to respect and uphold the rights of ILO169 guaranteed to indigenous peoples signed by your country.
In hope that our petition is received, we anticipate giving you our congratulations for saving a region that is so vital and important to the whole world.
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