Amazonian indigenous people reject oil plans and ask to preside at COP30

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From 12 to 14 February, the International Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin was held in Manaus, Brazil. At the meeting, they produced a document declaring the climate emergency in the Amazon and asking to guarantee indigenous co-chairmanship at COP30. Colombia was represented by the National Organization of the Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (Opiac). They request the co-chair of COP30. They mention that guaranteei…

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MANAUS, Brazil – Indigenous organizations from nine countries, “the G9 of the Indigenous Amazon,” launched a protest offensive to end oil exploitation in the Amazon basin, in view of the global conference on climate change to be held this year with Brazil as host. In their statement issued in this [...] This Indigenous article calls for an end to oil exploitation in the Amazon was originally published in IPS News Agency