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Peru
What exactly is the Escazú Agreement and how can it help Perú?
The agreement 🗣️ (click the arrow to expand)
Protecting the environment🌻🍃🌱🌊🌈
In terms of the environment, Peru is among the five most diverse countries in the world. Unfortunately, this also means that it is a victim of the over-exploitation of its resources, which is why deforestation and mining are serious problems in the country. This not only affects the environment but also the communities that live there. The Escazú agreement is really important so that their well-being comes before economic benefit.
🌳More information about deforestation and its consequences🌳
The Peruvian Amazon has very serious threats that have resulted in high rates of deforestation over the past 20 years. The main one is illegal gold mining, although we must also consider the legal one, which is destroying the jungle, turning it into deserts and wells in the south of the country, mainly in the Madre de Dios region. There are also other problems such as the construction of roads that open up the forest to other activities, agriculture and wood extraction.
In Peru, approximately 150,000 hectares of forest are lost every year. A study done between 2001 and 2015 on deforestation in native communities entitled Communities in the Peruvian Amazon indicates that in that period 1 932 872 hectares of forest were lost in Peru, of which 333 708 hectares were within native communities.
In the 2019 ranking of the world's most deforested forests, Peru, with 162,000 hectares of primary forest lost, ranks fifth worldwide and third in Latin America. This figure is a little more than 20,000 hectares more than those lost in 2018.
Land rental and subsequent land encroachment, illegal crops and illegal mining are present in the most deforested communities in Peru.
⛏️More about mining⛏️
The report of the 26th Observatory of Mining Conflicts indicates that, despite the state of national emergency in force since last March, several of the mining-related conflicts are "in a state of latency" and other assets.
Among them is the Tia Maria copper project in the southern region of Arequipa, where, he said, the Southern company "has reactivated its campaign to resume" the activity, which motivated the population of the nearby Tambo Valley, who believe that this work will contaminate their lands, to organize protests in rejection.
In addition, social organizations and peasant communities in the area of the so-called "Southern Mining Corridor" denounced an "excessive presence" of trucks transporting minerals for Las Bambas mining company, in the region of Apurimac, which they believe exposes workers and neighboring communities to possible COVID-19 infections.
Protecting the defenders 📢
How would it help?
Although global activism on the climate crisis has gained momentum, a relatively unknown fact is that the people fighting for these causes on the front lines are the advocates who are often leaders of communities whose rights and well-being are under constant threat as they defend their homes, water, air, land, territory and forests from destruction by extractive industries and pollution.
The Escazú agreement by guaranteeing access to information, participation and environmental justice is taking into consideration the communities and their leaders so it would be helping to protect them. If they are included from the beginning and decisions are made in a way that benefits both parties but with the defenders as the priority, then they would have nothing to oppose.
Why would it help?
The current situation of environmental defenders is very critical, unfortunately neglected by the Peruvian authorities. They live under threat, raped and can even be accused of complaining, of opposing project decisions and of organizing protests with the community, which can lead to them being considered terrorists.
🚨They suffer from criminalization, judicial harassment, stigmatization, intimidation and excessive use of police force during social protests🚨
Activities related to attacks against environmental defenders include agro-industry, mining, oil extraction, illegal hunting, logging, dam construction, water use, illegal fishing, among others.
At least 28 human rights, indigenous and environmental defenders lost their lives during 2018 in Latin America, reported Cultural Survival in a recent article. Peru is one of eight countries where these crimes were committed.
Let's get it ratified!
✔️ The Ministry of the Environment, representing the government of Peru, signed the agreement in 2018
Its ratification by Congress remains necessary for the treaty to enter into force and become binding on the States that signed it. The agreement is now in the hands of the congressmen of the Foreign Affairs Committee and it is up to them that the agreement can be discussed in the plenary of the Congress.
"This multinational agreement represents one of the opportunities to strengthen the links between Latin American countries on a very important and critical issue such as transparency in environmental matters, as well as "the possibility of allowing the most vulnerable populations effective access to information and promoting environmental justice. - Fabiola Muñoz, Minister of Environment of Peru
Did you know? 💡
Peru was one of the first countries to sign the Escazú Agreement, which was signed on September 27, 2018 at 6:44 p.m.
Your voice matters! 📢
We can help build a more transparent, equitable and fair Peru but only if you let your representatives know that you want Peru to make a difference and ratify this great agreement.
⬇️Here’s how you can help ー take action collectively at the page (this makes it easier to complete everything)
Twitter Storm ❗
Through social networks we can address congressmen and others who represent us to make sure they are looking out for the welfare of the people and not for their own. Here you can find some examples of tweets, just click and you will be directed to twitter.
Email Storm 📬
Normally the requests are sent by mail to the congressmen so it is a good tool to show what we want. Remember to vary the subject and some words so that it is not taken as spam.
Here are email templates and links to help you email Peru's congressmen easily! The links work best on a mobile phone, if you want to send an email from your computer, you can find all the templates and information you need below!
Send an email to the Peruvian Congress to urge them to ratify the agreement! It will take less than a minute!
If the links don’t work
First template
Mi nombre es (your name) y soy de (your country in Spanish if possible). Me dirijo a usted para pedirle que el acuerdo de Escazú sea ratificado antes del 26 de septiembre para que todos los peruanos tengan un acceso pleno y efectivo a los derechos resaltados en él.
La perdida de un millón de km cuadrados de selva en 25 años, que más del 68% de los suelos en sudamerica sufran de erosión por la ganadería extensiva, que más del 23% de las especies estén en vía de extinción, que el 70% del agua usada en las ciudades, la industria y la agricultura no tenga tratamiento alguno al momento de regresar a los ríos, lo que pone a 25 millones de personas en riesgo de contraer alguna enfermedad. (Además, resaltando que estás cifras no solo afectan a toda la región sino que además obligan a que los defensores que luchan para hacer un cambio estén más vulnerables que nunca pues solo en el 2017 fueron asesinados 116). Todo esto demuestra que la ratificación de este acuerdo no solo es urgente, si no necesaria para cumplir con los derechos básicos de los ciudadanos pues todo lo anterior está poniendo el riesgo una gran cantidad de derechos, incluyendo el derecho a la vida.
En Perú, este acuerdo garantizara el reforzamiento de instrumentos normativos nacionale, tales como la Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública, y el Acuerdo Nacional (Objetivos 1, 2 y 4). Es un instrumento también para gestión anticipada de contingencias y conflictos socioambientales,lo que es muy necesario para el país, considerndo que más del 70% de los conflictos, reportados por la Defensoría el Pueblo, son de carácter socio-ambiental y se manifiestan en zonas extractivas, donde habitan comunidades campesinas e indígenas.
Como ciudadanos los elegimos a ustedes para que nos representen y dejar pasar la ratificación de un acuerdo tan importante como este es una clara muestra que no están velando por nuestro bienestar ni el de nuestras futuras generaciones.
Espero que lo considere, muchas gracias
(name).
Second template
Buenos días, soy (your name) de (your country in Spanish if possible) y hoy me dirijo a usted para pedirle que el acuerdo de Escazú sea ratificado antes del 26 de septiembre para que todos los peruanos tengan un acceso pleno y efectivo a los derechos resaltados en él.
Me cuesta pensar que un acuerdo tan importante todavía no sea haya ratificado en el país, pues no solo es el primer instrumento jurídico en materia de protección ambiental, si no también es un tratado de derechos humanos donde se reconocen los derechos de todas las personas, se proporcionan medidas para facilitar su ejercicio y, lo que es más importante, se establecen mecanismos para llevarlos a efecto. Si nos fijamos en la dramática situación actual del país, el acuerdo de Escazú es una oportunidad para lograr el cambio que todos queremos y necesitamos en Perú.
Espero que lo considere y que haga lo posible para que este acuerdo sea ratificado.
Muchas gracias,
(your name).
Third template
Mi nombre es (your name) y soy de (your country in Spanish if possible). Le estoy escribiendo este mensaje con el objetivo de pedir que no se deje de lado la ratificación del acuerdo de Escazú, pues si se tiene en cuenta la situación tanto del Perú como de Latinoamerica y del caribe, es sumamente urgente y necesario.
Este acuerdo aspira a un mismo objetivo: que todos los países de la región cuenten con el mismo nivel de protección, garantía y promoción de los derechos de acceso, manteniendo como principio la soberanía permanente de los Estados sobre sus recursos naturales (artículo 3, Acuerdo de Escazú).
Sinceramente no encuentro razón válida para que el acuerdo no sea firmado y espero que usted haga lo posible para impulsar su ratificacion. Cuento con usted para que me represente.
Gracias,
(your name).
Fourth template
En un contexto en el que los actos de corrupción siguen saliendo a la luz y demuestran cómo afectan el desarrollo del país, es preciso que convenios como el Acuerdo de Escazú contribuyan al fortalecimiento de la gobernanza ambiental en el Perú, en favor de las poblaciones y el medio ambiente.
Si aun no lo ha hecho, le invito a leer el acuerdo de Escazu () y reflexionar lo que significaría su inplementación en nuestro país.
Al haber juramentado como congresista el 16 de marzo ultimo, usted se comprometió en representar a la población peruana en favor de los derechos humanos y la lucha contra la corrupción, este es momento de demostrar que sus promesas no quedaron solo en palabras y en verdad busca el bienestar de nuestra tierra!
Atentamente,
(your name)
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