US EditionRPT-From the Andes to the Amazon, Indigenous Leaders Bring Their Demands to COP30
Indigenous leaders from Latin America seek greater control over lands threatened by mining, oil drilling, and logging amid escalating climate change pressures, activists said.
- On Nov 9, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders arrived in Belem, Brazil a day ahead of the United Nations 30th Climate Change Conference , after weeks journeying from Andean glaciers aboard Yaku Mama.
- Faced with industrial encroachment, Indigenous delegates demanded greater control as mining, oil drilling and logging press deeper, while decades-long fights for customary title persist, exemplified by the Tehit-Knasaimos.
- Along the route, the flotilla staged ceremonies and community events, performing permission-seeking offerings including candles, seeds, coca leaves, a llama fetus, and held a funeral for fossil fuels in Coca, Ecuador.
- Delegates demanded greater control over land management and a consensus that Indigenous territories be no longer sacrificed, with Ms Lucia Ixchiu saying the journey left Indigenous youth optimistic.
- The Sira Declaration urges concrete rights and deadlines, calling for UNDRIP implementation by 2030 as Indigenous-led forest solutions seek direct funding and policy support this year.
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To fix the climate, simply empower Indigenous people (commentary)
Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this year’s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of Belém, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings. I saw it firsthand in the forests of West Papua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula in the company of Indigenous youth from the Amazon, the Congo Basin, and Borneo. They showed me a truth that the world has been overlookin…
From the Andes to the Amazon, Indigenous Leaders Bring Their Demands to Cop30
BELEM, Brazil, Nov 9 (Reuters) - After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders landed in Belem a day ahead of the start of the United Nations' COP30 climate summit.
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