"When the big trees are gone, the birds have no home and our children will not know the joy of their songs. And now, with you, we have rice and manioc and machetes and things for our people. And for you, these plants so your people can know the power of the forest. And now when the sun comes, the big trees will be there to greet the morning. I have traveled for many days and this is what I know."

Filipe, Chief of Porveener, Amazon Basin.

 

Shipibo Indian Girls

Porveneer, Peru

 

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