Mama Aleta, Women Waiting Earth Guardians and traditions

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This is one of the Indonesian women who become real role models. Been threatened to be killed because of his actions, but he remained steadfast fight for the preservation of the earth and its traditions. Aleta Baun birth name. However, people often call her Mama Aleta. Only a high school education, but the resulting performance was incredible. Month of April 2013, he was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in San Francisco, California, United States.


This award is given by the community leaders and philanthropists Richard N. Goldman and his wife, Rhoda H. Goldman to support those who fight to preserve the environment from threats. As well as be given also to the figures that inspired ordinary people to take extraordinary actions to protect the natural world. award is very feasible for Mama Aleta struggle to defend the environment because of the grip of the mine on Mount Mutis, Molo, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Mount Mutis, has a high biodiversity.

He is the headwaters for all major watersheds West Timor, which supplies drinking water and irrigation water for the residents on the island. Not only that, people looking for food and medicine from the forest, and plant crops in the fertile soil. In fact, woven natural dyes derived from plants of this nature. Spiritual connection is so strong citizens and the environment. Not surprisingly, when the universe was about to be disturbed, the rejection appears. Mama Aleta, appears to be the driving force.

Mama Aleta Who and what struggle? Born in Lelobatan, Molo, South Central Timor on 16 April 1963, as the 6th child of 8 children from farming families, since a small close and at one with nature. For him, it has a beautiful homeland that makes others spellbound. Not to mention the land has historic sites and contains the marble stone and marble. "Molo indigenous tribe have a spiritual relationship with the land and are confident that everything is interrelated. Our slogan that 'land is flesh, blood is water, a stone bone, blood vessels and the forest is a hair'. We believe that if we were to separate from one's natural elements, or if any of these elements until it breaks, we will die and lose our identity.

Mama Aleta.

It is important for us to protect our land, "he said in an interview. Recognizing the importance of maintaining traditions and the land where he rests, he struggled to maintain all of it. In 1999, three years after the company started its activities in the marble quarries Molo area, he continued to protest in order to destroy the Earth's activity is stopped.

Only seven years later, he managed to convince hundreds of women Molo to help support the protest action at last got rid of the miners from the area. Not only that, Mama Aleta also still trying to do the preservation of Molo which headwaters region is a source of water for the entire island of Timor with land rights and seeks to be managed by local communities. Mama Aleta fight for what he believes and not a lot of inspiring others with grandiose discourse, but to do what he could.

Mama Aleta struggle in defense of regional sustainability gaining weight while he must deal with the local government has accused him get in the woods. Apparatus already installed release to catch and kill Mama Aleta. During 2001, the struggle Mama Aleta and community Molo sweet fruition. They successfully chase away investors from the region Molo marble quarry despite Anjaf Mountain and Mount Nausus that formed the backbone of society riven by Molo dynamite explosion.

 Results Aleta repeated two years later. Women who never get the nomination Women's Nobel Prize for Peace was successfully seize lands measuring 6 thousand hectares. During 2006 to 2008, Aleta and community Molo and assisted a number of board non-government community, among Levers Environment (WALHI) and Network Advocacy Mine (Jatam ), manage to save Rock Fadli after struggling for 1.5 years. After 2008, Aleta been able to breathe a sigh of relief because he had not yet pursued a counter-chase with a variety of community that its action.

Many local communities that support mining remembering their activities can destroy food sources. before environmental damage occurs as a result of mining efforts, Molo is a province rich in farming. Molo community much work as farmers. They grow coffee and orange. In fact, Molo was once known as the city of apples before there BPH mite infestation. Unfortunately, at this time Molo district has been transformed into cartilage erosion, cartilage food, dehydration, and excessive rain. Crashes eliminate within the other food sources also become the main trigger loss of culture district. For example, over the years in the eyes of society Molo, rock is a wealth of high cultural value.

The initiative, they named clan population of rock names, like baxun. However, with the advent of mining, rocks that have already been lost in the mountains which means no more senior clan names Molo. Despite continued threats to threats received, Mama Aleta not afraid to admit it. Determination has been rounded to save the land of his birth. "Our village is very beautiful. We have hills, tree ekaliptus, marble stone, forest, and pasture area for livestock feed, "toilet. struggle Mama Aleta already seems still have to continue to take place. On the one hand, it is not broke, sometimes it felt tired constantly strive to maintain environmental sustainability in the region. However, it quit immediately feel invincible with his determination not to give space to others who want to control their homes.

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