BMF_TT__July2010_en.pdf - Bruno Manser Fonds

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Closing words and thanks Kaspar Müller, Representative of Bruno Manser’s heirs I would like to thank all who have been involved for their active and committed help, their interesting contributions and their expressions of sympathy for Bruno Manser and the Penan. As part of the concept for this memorial service, it was clear for the family, for the Bruno Manser Fund and for myself that we must critically examine our role. Because it is too easy to simply name those who are «at fault». In a globally connected world, we – as people living in an industrialised and highly developed part of this world – are also «co responsible». Thus it is important not only to call the problem by name and point a finger at others, but also to establish courses of action that help us to acknowledge our co-responsibility. Because it is, and remains, an illusion to believe that a decadeslong, profit-oriented devestation can be stopped without cost. And as members of pension funds and thus as investors, you can insist that your assets are not being invested in firms with destructive activities. What is the point of higher stock prices when, in the end, we are confronted with the destruction of the basis of our existence, as we have seen with BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Like the outflowing oil that devoured the environment step by step, we are destroying the climate, the bio-diversity, and the culture and life of many indigenous peoples by financing the deforestation in the rain forests. Regardless of how courses of action are adopted and implemented by individuals, regardless of the extent to which they identify with Bruno Manser and his concerns, one thing is clear: We must make a decision for policies that are based on a sense of responsibility. For instance, we can achieve a lot in our attitudes as consumers. We can refuse to use tropical wood and palm oil. We can support political policies, and politicians, in Switzerland that credibly fight against the destruction of tropical forests and who advocate the rights of idigenous people. We can support a policy in favor of the climate, even if it implies financial costs.
Guy Morin President of the Government of the Canton of Basel Stadt Monika Niederberger-Manser sister of Bruno Manser Baru Bian land rights lawyer and politician Saskia Ozinga FERN Mutang Urud representative of the Kelabit Ian Mackenzie linguist and ethnologist Thomas Stocker Professor, University of Bern, IPCC Maya Graf National Councillor, Green Party, Canton of Basel Land Greis and Raphael Urweider rapper author Kaspar Müller representative of Bruno Manser’s heirs
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