Guardians of the Forest, indigenous leaders from Latin America, Indonesia and Africa, hold a rally in Parliament Square to commemorate those who have lost their lives defending the forests against mining, the cutting down of forests for palm oil production and other crops and other threats to the forests and those who live in them and they held up pictures of a few of the many who have been murdered for the profit of unscrupulous companies - including many listed on stock exchanges in London and elsewhere. Whole tribes have been forcibly removed from their homes and their rights to the land th
Guardians of the Forest, indigenous leaders from Latin America, Indonesia and Africa, hold a rally in Parliament Square to commemorate those who have lost their lives defending the forests against mining, the cutting down of forests for palm oil production and other crops and other threats to the forests and those who live in them and they held up pictures of a few of the many who have been murdered for the profit of unscrupulous companies - including many listed on stock exchanges in London and elsewhere. Whole tribes have been forcibly removed from their homes and their rights to the land they have lived in for many generations ignored. Indigenous peoples want their rights to be recognised and an end to the destruction of forests which they have maintained them for hundreds or thousands of years and which play a vital role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and producing oxygen. The Guardians of the Forest visited London on their way to the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn where they will argue that the continuing maintenance of the forests by their indigenous inhabitants is vital in the fight against climate change, and that the clearance and devastation has to be stopped
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