亚马逊部落酋长获诺贝尔和平奖提名

亚马逊部落酋长获诺贝尔和平奖提名

A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest.

一群巴西人类学家和环保主义者推举卡亚普部落酋长拉奥尼·梅图克蒂尔为2020年诺贝尔和平奖候选人，以表彰他毕生保护亚马逊雨林的工作。

Raoni, an unmistakable Amazon icon with his large lip plate, yellow macaw-feather headdress and ear rings, became known internationally as an environmental campaigner in the 1980s with musician Sting at his side.

拉奥尼(raoni)是亚马逊无可争议的偶像，他有着巨大的唇板、黄色的金刚鹦鹉羽毛头饰和耳环，在20世纪80年代成为国际知名的环保运动者，一起的还有音乐家斯汀。

At 89, Raoni took to the road again this year seeking help to stop a surge in fires destroying the forest, which he has blamed on the plans of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro to develop the Amazon economically and assimilate its indigenous people.

现年89岁的拉奥尼今年再次上路寻求帮助，以阻止破坏森林的大火激增，他指责右翼总统博尔索纳罗(Jair Bolsonaro)计划在经济上开发亚马逊，并同化当地原住民。

The Darcy Ribeiro Foundation, named after one of Brazil's first anthropologists, announced this week that it had formally proposed Raoni's name to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which decides who wins the annual award.

以巴西最早的人类学家之一命名的达西·里贝罗基金会(Darcy Ribeiro Foundation)本周宣布，该基金会已正式向挪威诺贝尔委员会(Norwegian Nobel Committee)提名拉奥尼的名字。挪威诺贝尔委员会将决定谁将获得年度诺贝尔奖。

The foundation has also written to French President Emmanuel Macron to call for his endorsement of the nomination. Raoni met twice this year with Macron, who led criticism of Brazil's environmental practices at the recent Group of Seven wealthy nations summit in Biarritz.

该基金会还写信给法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙，要求他支持提名。拉奥尼今年曾两次会晤马克龙。在最近于比亚里茨举行的七国集团(g7)峰会上，马克龙对巴西的环保做法提出了批评。

Chief Raoni Metuktire/ Photo credit: Getty

A spokesman for the foundation, Toni Lotar, said on Saturday that the nomination had been initially accepted by the committee, but the foundation has yet to complete the full nomination process.

基金会的发言人Toni Lotar星期六表示，该提名最初已被委员会接受，但基金会尚未完成提名过程。

"Chief Raoni is a living symbol of the fight to protect nature and the rights of indigenous people in the Amazon," Lotar told Reuters.

洛塔尔告诉路透社：“拉奥尼酋长是亚马逊地区保护自然和土著人民权利斗争的生动象征。”

"He is respected worldwide for a life dedicated to the survival of our planet that is so threatened by climate change," Lotar said.

洛塔尔说：“他因献身于受气候变化威胁的地球生存，而受到全世界的尊重。”

The Brazilian government has denied encouraging recent fires allegedly set by farmers seeking to extend the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and blame the surge on the dry season.

巴西政府否认鼓励最近发生的火灾，据称是农民试图扩大亚马逊地区的农业边界，并将火灾的激增归咎于旱季。

Bolsonaro sent the army to help put out the blazes that set off a global outcry due to concern over deforestation ravaging the rainforest, considered a bulwark against climate change.

博尔索纳罗派遣军队帮助扑灭大火，这场大火引发了全球的强烈抗议，因为人们担心砍伐森林会破坏雨林，而雨林被认为是抵御气候变化的堡垒。

Norway, until recently the main donor to a fund to curb Amazonian deforestation, called in August on Norwegian companies active in Brazil to ensure they do not contribute to the destruction of the Amazon.

直到最近，挪威还是一个旨在遏制亚马逊森林砍伐的基金的主要捐助国。今年8月，挪威呼吁活跃在巴西的挪威公司确保它们不会对亚马逊的毁灭做出贡献。