THE
GUALEGUAYCHU DECLARATION
Argentinean Groups against Agrofuels and critical to Al Gore visit
At the Conference
on the Impacts of Monocultures in the town of Gualeguaychú
on the 27th and 28th of April, the following organisations have
joined forces to offer our strongest support to the popular demonstration
?Embrace the Uruguay River? in protest against the installation
of the proposed Finnish cellulose pulp mill. We also propose to
support each other and to strengthen our campaign. We state that:
We are not convinced
by the deluge of national and international advertising promoting
the expansion of the agricultural industry and the production
of agrofuels. This will only serve to make the current environmental
situation even more unbearable, and will contribute to the degeneration
of the air, water and soil, to which everyone has a right.
We reject the
imposition of global market strategies, which take our produce
and dictate our destiny, resulting in devastating consequences
for our communities and our environment.
We denounce Al
Gore, ex-Vice President of the USA, as a new coloniser and publicist
for global markets, and we also denounce his film ?An Inconvenient
Truth? for half- revealing the reality in order not to unsettle
his financial backers ? the oil, seed, and motor industries.
We refuse to
be subjugated to the neo-colonial role assigned to us by global
capitalism or any other model which makes us dependent on international
markets and reduces our food sovereignty. We will resist the cellulose
pulp mills, and the production of ?food? for North American and
European cars. We will fight against the shameless wastefulness
of consumerism which is jeopardising our heritage and environment
and leaving us to face the future defenceless and vulnerable.
We will not allow
another hectare to be given over for monoculture!
Signed on the
29th April 2007 in the town of Gualeguaychú, Province of
Entre Rios, Republic of Argentina by:
-GRR, Grupo de
Reflexión Rural.
-RENACE. Red Nacional de Acción Ecologista.
-Asamblea contra el saqueo y la contaminación de Gral.
Roca, Prov. de Río Negro.
-SER, Sociedad Ecológica Regional El Bolsón.
-Movimiento de mujeres en lucha de Río Negro.
-Vecinos de los pueblos fumigados de Entre Ríos.
-Centro de Acción popular Olga Márquez de Aredez
de Jujuy y Salta.
-Foro Social Mundial, comité Paraná. La Tierrasinmal,
noticias de ecología.
-Compañía Teatral Antes de la Ciudad de La Plata
-Cátedra Libre de Soberanía Alimentaria de la UN
de La Plata.
-Agrupación Poner el Hombro de La Plata, Berisso y Ensenada.
-Taller Ecologista Chacabuco Sustentable Provincia de Buenos Aires.
-Comité La Paz del Foro Social Mundial, Entre Ríos.
-Grupo López Jordán FTNyP de Entre Ríos.
-Centro de Estudios Históricos Arturo Jauretche de la Prov.
de Entre Ríos.
-CeProNat, Centro de Protección a la Naturaleza de Santa
Fe.
-Periódico virtual El Norte del Bermejo, Tartagal, Prov.
de Salta.
-Comisión 4 y 5 de Derecho Agrario de la Facultad de Ciencias
Jurídicas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata
-Autoconvocados por la Nacionalización del Petróleo
y el Gas. Ing. Mario Cafiero
-Grupo de Ecología y Ecumenismo de la Parroquia del Valle
de Buenos Aires.
-Chaya, comunicación alternativa
-Asoc. Civil por la Reserva Vecinos Autoconvocados www.porlareserva.org.ar
-Diputada Nacional Marta Maffei
More signatures
are following
For further information
please write to
contacto@grr.org.ar
