impressed the Amazon region with its enormous biodiversity. But this unique habitat is more and more in danger: Transnational corporations are exploiting the natural resources such as wood, aluminum and water. In the fight against the destruction of the Amazon to action groups from six countries bordering the community of interest FASE (program for food security, agricultural ecology and economy of solidarity) have joined forces. In the State of Pará, the Ausrichtungsort the World Social Forum 2009, 23 men and women working for FASE, nationwide there are about 100 employees. Leticia Rangel Tura is one of the coordinators of the national programs of the FASE.
What is the most important role of FASE?
Our most important task is to search for the enforcement of development models that guarantee both human rights and protect the environment.
Are there concrete examples of this approach?
Yes. For example, we work with small farmers in agricultural ecology, and agroforestry. They learn that they result in monocultures over-dependence and also facilitated the floor This model them to provide their food security and at the same time it destroys even the environment. And they can survive with what they earn in the region.
What are these people?
We are a very multi-disciplinary team: Up until now predominate in our people with a humanities Background work, sociologists, historians, philosophers, agronomists. But lately we have, we also increased a new generation of enlightened people in the technical area and also lawyers.
What was your biggest achievement so far?
We work in six regions of different problems and also to represent each different positions. Therefore, it would be unfair to single out a project as a highlight. But here in the Amazon we have changed in one case actually really, really public policy: In the Xingu region, the environmental agency always a huge amount of confiscated illegal timber, and a Proposed by the civil society was that the government sold the timber and a fund from the proceeds based, supported by the interest of small projects environmentally protective and socially just initiatives. This so-called Dema has also managed the fund-FASE.
If you are uncomfortable for the government?
We practice hard, but constructive criticism, so we are certainly uncomfortable in some places. It is also always on it, who you talk to, because the government has several facets, some of which are against each other in opposition.
How important is cooperation with the EED?
In a World where international cooperation is increasingly looking for simpler solutions and is very pragmatic, we have the EED for a reliable partner that supports our philosophy and the complexity of the processes do, in which we are involved. And that is very important to us.
Interview: Martin Koch
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