THE GULEGUAYCHU DECLARATION

At the Conference on the Impacts of Monocultures in
the town of Gualeguaychú on the 27th and 28th of
April, the following organisations have joined forces
to offer our strongest support to the popular
demonstration “Embrace the Uruguay River” in protest
against the installation of the proposed Finnish
cellulose pulp mill. We also propose to support each
other and to strengthen our campaign. We state that:

We are not convinced by the deluge of national and
international advertising promoting the expansion of
the agricultural industry and the production of
agrofuels. This will only serve to make the current
environmental situation even more unbearable, and will
contribute to the degeneration of the air, water and
soil, to which everyone has a right.

We reject the imposition of global market strategies,
which take our produce and dictate our destiny,
resulting in devastating consequences for our
communities and our environment.

We denounce Al Gore, ex-Vice President of the USA, as
a new coloniser and publicist for global markets, and
we also denounce his film “An Inconvenient Truth” for
half- revealing the reality in order not to unsettle
his financial backers – the oil, seed, and motor
industries.

We refuse to be subjugated to the neo-colonial role
assigned to us by global capitalism or any other model
which makes us dependent on international markets and
reduces our food sovereignty. We will resist the
cellulose pulp mills, and the production of ‘food’ for
North American and European cars. We will fight
against the shameless wastefulness of consumerism
which is jeopardising our heritage and environment and
leaving us to face the future defenceless and
vulnerable.

We will not allow another hectare to be given over for
monoculture!

Signed on the 29th April 2007 in the town of
Gualeguaychú, Province of Entre Rios, Republic of
Argentina by:

-GRR, Grupo de Reflexión Rural.
-RENACE. Red Nacional de Acción Ecologista.
-Asamblea contra el saqueo y la contaminación de Gral.
Roca, Prov. de Río Negro.
-SER, Sociedad Ecológica Regional El Bolsón.
-Movimiento de mujeres en lucha de Río Negro.
-Vecinos de los pueblos fumigados de Entre Ríos.
-Centro de Acción popular Olga Márquez de Aredez de
Jujuy y Salta.
-Foro Social Mundial, comité Paraná. La Tierrasinmal,
noticias de ecología.
-Compañía Teatral Antes de la Ciudad de La Plata
-Cátedra Libre de Soberanía Alimentaria de la UN de La
Plata.
-Agrupación Poner el Hombro de La Plata, Berisso y
Ensenada.
-Taller Ecologista Chacabuco Sustentable Provincia de
Buenos Aires.
-Comité La Paz del Foro Social Mundial, Entre Ríos.
-Grupo López Jordán FTNyP de Entre Ríos.
-Centro de Estudios Históricos Arturo Jauretche de la
Prov. de Entre Ríos.
-CeProNat, Centro de Protección a la Naturaleza de
Santa Fe.
-Periódico virtual El Norte del Bermejo, Tartagal,
Prov. de Salta.
-Comisión 4 y 5 de Derecho Agrario de la Facultad de
Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales de la Universidad
Nacional de La Plata
-Autoconvocados por la Nacionalización del Petróleo y
el Gas. Ing. Mario Cafiero
-Grupo de Ecología y Ecumenismo de la Parroquia del
Valle de Buenos Aires.
-Chaya, comunicación alternativa
-Asoc. Civil por la Reserva Vecinos Autoconvocados
www.porlareserva. org.ar
-Diputada Nacional Marta Maffei

More signatures are following

For further information please write to
contacto@grr. org.ar