Amazonian Indigenous Peoples reiterate demand to halt fossil fuel expansion at the 4th Amazonian Assembly - Stand.earth

The Amazon is home to 13% of the world's known biodiversity of vascular plants and vertebrates. There are an estimated 16,000 species of trees and palm trees alone. Indigenous peoples settled in the Amazon region some 12,000 years ago, resulting in domestication of dozens to hundreds of these species, which are still part of the Amazon population's lifestyle. Local species such as [...] The post biodiversity and indigenous heritage in the Amazon…

On the Amazonian border between Peru and Brazil, hidden beneath vast expanses of towering trees, lie the world's largest contiguous territories inhabited by Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation. These peoples have chosen isolation to protect their ancestral way of life, their territories, and the forest. This region is home to two critical territorial corridors for the Amazon: Yavarí-Tapiche and Pano Arawak. In these corridors, jaguars and …

Amazonian Indigenous Peoples reiterate demand to halt fossil fuel expansion at the 4th Amazonian Assembly - Stand.earth

By Gisela Hurtado and Martyna Dominiak   The world must urgently draw a plan to leave fossil fuels behind and ensure the future of the planet, warned Indigenous leaders from the Amazonia during the 4th Amazonian Assembly: For an Amazon Free of Fossil Fuels, which took place from April 2 to 4 in Tarapoto, Peru. Organized by Mocicc (Movimiento Ciudadano frente al Cambio Climático) with the support of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, the e…