Criminal Networks Threaten the Amazon. Indigenous Leaders Want the UN to Act

Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining , drug trafficking and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna starting Monday. More than a dozen Indigenous representatives

Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act – WTOP News

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna starting Monday. More than a dozen Indigenous representatives from Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador are participating in the Oct. 19-23 U.N. conference on transnational organized crime, known...

Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna starting Monday.

Amazon Indigenous Leaders Head to Vienna To Demand a Voice in Global Fight Against Organized Crime

"Safeguarding Indigenous defenders is our strongest defense against environmental crime, and they must not be left to fight it alone.” The post Amazon Indigenous Leaders Head to Vienna To Demand a Voice in Global Fight Against Organized Crime first appeared on Amazon Watch.

EIA calls for stronger UN action on environmental crime ahead of Vienna organised crime conference

Campaigners will press governments at UNTOC CoP13 to strengthen enforcement cooperation and support discussions on a new environmental crime protocol. IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) will attend the 13th Session of the Conference of the Parties to … Read the full press release →