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AAAS Resolution:
Protection of Yanomama People
Whereas scientists who are aware of serious threats to fragile ecosystems and their indigenous peoples and cultures have a special responsibility to come to their defense, especially when the people cannot speak for themselves, and
Whereas it has been suggested that the Yanomama and other peoples of northwestern Brazil stand in peril of cultural and physical extinction unless the government of that country takes immediate measures to protect them and their habitat,
Therefore be it resolved that the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science expresses to the Brazilian government its deep concern in this matter, urging that there be established with all due speed a continuous parkland large enough to permit the survival of these people and their unique sociocultural systems.
Be it further resolved that the Council urges the Brazilian government to maintain its oversight function in the guardian ship and protection of the indigenous peoples of Brazil so long as the need persists. [Adopted by the AAAS Council, January 7, 1981.]
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