Desi communities request action in plastic pollution negotiations

Indigenous parties from North America are discussing a global plastic contract in Geneva, which they request for an environment they rely on, which is slowly diminishing through microplastics.

In the United Nations headquarters, beyond the Lake Geneva and Alps, a slogan suddenly passed through the humid summer: a “water song”.

In a circle, standing barefoot, six women and a young man from several North American communities decided to automatically ritualize purity.

One of the slogans of a melancholy, is dedicated to the welfare of the “all delegates” from 184 countries, which will be the first international agreement to cope with the growing curse worldwide of plastic pollution.

The UN talks, which began last Tuesday, resumed four more days on Monday, should still be made on the agreement with the so -called Mahatkanakshi group of oil -producing states and so -called countries.

In the middle of the circle, the young man, who is wearing two feather hats, contains the fat of the seal and plant powder burned in a bowl in each of the six women.

With both hands, Suzanne’s smoke, from the first nations of the Williams contracts in Canada’s Ontario, thus rubbing the growing smoke, rubbing it on his face and body.

‘We have knowledge’

A worker with the indigenous environmental network, Panganga Pingovai, was also within the circle. She comes from Alaska, the bearings approaching the Strait.

He told AFP that she was asking the negotiators to prepare a plastic pollution agreement that ensures justice, especially for the very weak communities.

“We are aware of his presence in the conversation,” said Pangi, explaining his presence in the conversation. It is our responsibility – we have a duty to share the information given to us through the ecosystem.

Alaska is infected with toxic chemicals, some of which come from plastic or from oil searching.

“Toxic products travel north through maritime and air strikes,” he said.

Henry Bourgeova Costa, an environmental and plastic pollution expert at the Tara Ocean Foundation, explained Alaska’s anxiety.

He told AFP, “In view of the functioning of large ecosystem cycles, Alaska’s population is already affected by Para and PCB (polylorinated bifinal) pollution – now developed industrial heavy metals banned in developed countries – though Alaska has not used them.”

He said the mainstream, which has brought enough nutrients and schools to residents of the northwestern American state, has now brought a large amount of microplastics.

Car tire and salmon

Bourgeova Costa said a 2020 study by Washington State University revealed that car tires, a chemical extra used in the preparation of 6 ppd, had had side effects on the salmon’s regeneration, “said Bourgeois Costa, one of Alaska’s most wide fish,” said Bourgeova Costa.

Studies show that a mixture derived from 6PPD – used to slow down the tire harass – the rubber descends on the streets, and goes into the water cycle.

“No more fish – no more seals: no more food,” said Pingovi.

He said that people can see the diseases caused by birds and stars in the surrounding environment, which eventually affect their children.

“We are exposed through food, water and fodder, because we are fodded for our food,” said Pingovi.

‘If animals die we die’

A activist from a small village in Alask, Akalok Adrian Bleach Ford, who was talking with the financial support of an association in Geneva, said to him in a twisted manner: “If animals die, we die.”

He spoke at a conference on the occasion of the talks, which is struggling to find a consensus, preventing the amount of plastic pollution from increasing.

Bleach Ford added, “We rely on unhealthy products,” he added: “It is becoming difficult and difficult to maintain the safety of our food.”

And “there is no alternative,” he added, prices up to $ 76 “for imported frozen chicken in the supermarket.

He is a net for the economically critical population that is living in a “symbolic relationship with the world”.

He insisted, “We need a collective decision on how to handle this crisis,” he said, in the hope that the deal would include a list of banned chemical additions.

The plastic agreement is being discussed inside the UN Policy Des National Complex.

During the ritual, holding a tree under a tree in the outside plains, Bleach Ford was standing with his eyes closed, tears were wandering from his face.

25 2025 AFP