Dall’Italia al Messico, dal Brasile al Giappone fino alla Germania, nelle ultime settimane Greenpeace è entrata in azione in 16 sedi di Siemens per chiedere al gigante tedesco di non partecipare alla costruzione della diga idroelettrica di São Luiz do Tapajós, mega progetto che devasterebbe il cuore dell’Amazzonia.

Questa opera, la più grande tra le 43 dighe previste sul fiume amazzonico Tapajós, potrebbe sommergere 400 chilometri quadri di foresta pluviale incontaminata, portando inoltre alla deforestazione di un’area di 2.200 chilometri quadri per la costruzione di strade e infrastrutture necessarie alla realizzazione della diga. Un grave pericolo per la biodiversità della regione, che priverebbe gli indigeni Munduruku e le comunità tradizionali delle loro terre e dei loro mezzi di sussistenza.

L’organizzazione ambientalista, supportata da un milione di persone che hanno aderito all’appello, chiede inoltre a Siemens – una delle poche aziende a livello mondiale in grado di realizzare turbine idroelettriche per mega dighe – di assumere una posizione netta contro la distruzione della foresta, ed esprimersi in favore del rispetto dei diritti delle popolazioni indigene, dichiarando pubblicamente che non parteciperà al progetto di costruzione della mega-diga di São Luiz do Tapajós.

«Lo scorso 7 luglio siamo entrati in azione anche in Italia, a Milano, per spingere Siemens a non replicare quanto fatto con la diga di Belo Monte, nota per il suo devastante impatto ambientale, e includere la protezione delle foreste nelle proprie innovative politiche di sostenibilità ambientale», dichiara Martina Borghi, campagna foreste di Greenpeace Italia. «Investire nello sviluppo di tecnologie capaci sfruttare il potenziale dell’energia solare ed eolica del Brasile sarebbe di gran lunga una mossa meno dannosa e più lungimirante», conclude.

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Greenpeace activists are protesting in front of Siemens Belgium in Beersel against Siemens plans to get involved in the the new mega dam project at the Tapajos River in the Amazon.
Together with other Greenpeace offices from all over the world, Greenpeace Romania asks Siemens to distance themselves from any participation in the building of São Luiz do Tapajos dam and to take a public stand against the continuous destruction of the Amazon rainforest. The Tapajos hydro energy project will have a severe impact on the lands and means of existence of thousands of indigenous locals, including the 12 000 indigenous Munduruku people who opposed the construction of the dam, for which they were never consulted. It is foreseen that the building of the dam will lead to the destruction of more 2200 square km of rain forest.
Greenpeace activists protest in front of Siemens office in Buenos Aires, against the company's plans to get involved in the new mega dam project at the Tapajos River in the Amazon. The Munduruku indigenous people inhabit rainforests in the banks of the Tapajós river where the Brazilian government intends to build a large complex of more than 40 dams that would force the Munduruku to leave their traditional home against their will, losing their livelihood.
Greenpeace activists at Siemens Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, call on the company not to get involved in Amazon destruction and rule out being involved in the Sao Luzi do Tapajos dam.
Activists from Greenpeace Australia protest against Siemens potential involvement in the Tapajos river dam project in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
Greenpeace activists protest in front of Siemens building in Milan against the company's plans to get involved in the a new mega dam project at the Tapajos River in the Amazon. Blitz di Greenpeace questa mattina presso una sede di Siemens Italia, a Milano, per chiedere all’azienda di non partecipare alla costruzione di una mega diga idroelettrica nella foresta amazzonica. Degli attivisti sono saliti sul tetto dell’edificio vestiti da animali e alberi della foresta, mentre altri hanno suonato strumenti a percussione per far ascoltare a Siemens e ai suoi dipendenti, il battito del cuore dell’ Amazzonia.
Siemens inaugurates its new headquarters in Munich. The company, which will be climate neutral by 2030, claims that the new building also sets standards for climate-friendly construction and a modern corporate culture even though Siemens is planning to get involved in the building of the new Brazilian mega dam at the Tapajos river in the Brazilian Amazon. The environmentally and socially highly controversial project would destroy large forest areas and home to thousands of indigenous Munduruku. Siemens weiht seine neue Konzernzentrale in Muenchen ein. Der Konzern, der bis 2030 nach eigenen Angaben klimaneutral sein wird, will mit dem Neubau auch Maßstaebe für klimafreundliches Bauen und eine moderne Unternehmenskultur setzen. Gleichzeitig laesst Siemens-Chef Joe Kaeser offen, ob sich das Unternehmen am geplanten Amazonas Staudamm Sâo-Luiz-do-Tapajós beteiligen wird. Das oekologisch und sozial hoch umstrittene Projekt würde große Urwaldgebiete und die Heimat Tausender indigener Munduruku zerstoeren.
Greenpeace activists set up a platform with pictures of the Munduruku Indigenous People and the Amazon at the doorstep of Siemens headquarters in São Paulo, calling the company not to participate in the construction of dams planned by the Brazilian government in the region. The Munduruku inhabit rainforests in the banks of the Tapajós river where the Brazilian government intends to build a large complex of more than 40 dams that would force the Munduruku to leave their traditional home against their will, losing their livelihood. Exibindo imagens do povo Munduruku e da biodiversidade amazônica, cerca de 30 ativistas estão na sede da Siemens, em São Paulo. O protesto é para informar os funcionários sobre os impactos da construção da hidrelétrica São Luiz do Tapajós, na Amazônia, e pressionar a empresa a assumir um compromisso público de não se envolver com o projeto. O governo brasileiro planeja construir um complexo com mais de 40 hidrelétricas no rio Tapajós, gerando impactos irreversíveis à biodiversidade da região e a mais de 12 mil índios Munduruku.
Greenpeace activists are protesting in front of Siemens Netherlands headquarter in the Hague against Siemens plans to get involved in the the new mega dam project at the Tapajos River in the Amazon. Actievoerders van Greenpeace demonstreren voor het hoofdkantoor van Siemens in Den Haag tegen de plannen van Siemens om mee te werken aan een megadam project in de Tapajos rivier in de Amazone. 12,000 oorspronkelijke bewoners van de Munduruku stam en honderden diersoorten uit het 7,6 kilometer lange gebied São-Luiz-do-Tapajós-Stuwdam worden hierdoor getroffen.
Activists and volunteers from Greenpeace Japan protest outside Siemens' Showroom in Tokyo, Japan against Siemens' plans to get involved in the new mega dam project on the Tapajos River in the Amazon.
More than 20 Greenpeace activists protested at the Siemens Headquarters in Vienna, Austria against the company's potential involvement in the destructive São Luiz do Tapajós dam in the Amazon. The banner says: “Siemens, decide – Amazon destruction or protection”. The banner made up two entrances for employees to decide where to enter: through “destruction” or “protection”.
Greenpeace activists set up a platform with pictures of the Munduruku Indigenous People and the rainforests at the doorstep of Siemens Corporation US headquarters in Washington, DC calling the company to save the heart of the Amazon. The activists also delivered a box to Siemens executives, with a message printed on its sides to represent the more than one million signatures from people that support the call of the Munduruku around the globe. Siemens must not participate in any way in the construction of dams planned by the Brazilian government in the region. The Munduruku inhabit rainforests in the banks of the Tapajós river where the Brazilian government intends to build a large complex of more than 40 dams that would force the Munduruku to leave their traditional home against their will, losing their livelihood.