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Why We Left Our Farms to Come to Copenhagen
Speech of Henry Saragih, general coordinator of Via Campesina at the opening session of Klimaforum

Saragih, Henry
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/08-2

Publisher:  La Via Campesina
Date Written:  07/12/09
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter

Climate change is already seriously impacting us. It brings floods, droughts and the outbreak of pests that are all causing harvest failures. I must point out that these harvest failures are something that the farmers did not create. Instead, it is the polluters who caused the emissions who destroy the natural cycles. So, we small scale farmers came here to say that we will not pay for their mistakes. And we are asking the emitters to face up to their responsibilities.

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