Bolivia promulgates the law of mother earth

Armony and balance with nature.

The Bolivian President, Evo Morales, promulgated the law of mother earth and development to live well, which aims to seek comprehensive development in harmony and balance with nature. Morales stressed that if does not preserve nature, mother earth, Pachamama, the environment or whatever it is called; If not cared for, there is no life.

The new legislation guarantees the continuity of generation of components and systems of life on mother earth, recovers and strengthens the local knowledge and ancestral knowledge.

According to the representative the Bolivian people should consider work to live, not to become rich, but to have what they need. He explained that the main debate is how preserving mother earth, both internally and externally.

This law introduces the ancient Indian concept of nature as a living being, of which human beings are one creature, and we do not mistreat the nature, because it is more important than us, because you have the right to live.

The Bolivian Vice President Álvaro García said is a beautiful Act that was born out of social organizations, which includes the mode of thinking and living First Nations, into the Bolivian and Bolivian law.

Garcia recalled that there are currently capitalist interests who supposedly want to defend nature but that attempt to actually make money with their strategies.

He spoke about the so-called green capitalism and noted that many national parks in Bolivia and in Latin America are protected by companies that receive money to implement such a policy. They have taken over our forests, which is another form of colonialism, and we want to become caretakers of the forest, he stressed.

Added that in the indigenous territory and Park national Isiboro - Secure (Tipnis) has become what groups or non-governmental organizations supposedly protectors of the environment take the State and those who want to enter there, but actually what they do is make money, that is called capitalism green, stressed.

Our law says we are going to live in balance and complementarity with nature; We are going to take care of the forests and the Amazon, but for us, not for the Yankees, he said.

The new law declares the right to use the resources, but without squandering, so that communities meet their basic needs, without destroying the environment.