US EditionIndigenous groups demand attention at UN climate talks in Brazil
Indigenous groups, including over 900 registered participants, blocked COP30 entrance to demand revocation of extractive projects and clearer territory protections, delaying entry until 9:37 a.m.
- On Monday at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the Brazilian government announced new Indigenous territory designations, formalised by presidential decree to protect culture and environment on Indigenous Peoples' Day.
- Earlier last week, demonstrators and thousands of protesters urged action at COP30, following President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's steps last year to expel illegal miners and recognize Indigenous lands.
- Researchers and Indigenous organisations say expanded territory could prevent up to 20% of deforestation and cut emissions by 26% by 2030, spanning lands home to the Mura, Tupinambá de Olivença, Pataxó, Guarani-Kaiowá, Munduruku, Pankaré and Guarani-Mbya.
- Past recognition of reserves banned mining and logging to curb deforestation, but protections were often not enforced under Jair Bolsonaro, former president, and the Amazon rainforest faces renewed deforestation risk.
- At COP30, countries are negotiating how to limit warming to 1.5C and the role of forests in carbon storage, while the COP30 working group on minerals and social/environmental risks links land protection to supply-chain concerns.
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For decades, there have been unresolved conflicts between indigenous people and large landowners in the country. The government is now pushing forward the recognition of indigenous territories – out of consideration for the »guards of the planet«.
Indigenous Leaders Demand Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
We speak with one of the Indigenous leaders at the U.N. climate summit in Belém for the climate negotiations, in greater numbers than ever before, taking center stage at COP30. They are calling “to end the persecution of our land defenders,” says Diana Chávez, member of the Pastaza Kichwa Nation, with Pakkiru, an Indigenous organization based in Ecuador’s Amazon. “We’re fighting to keep our territories.”
The announcement follows wide-ranging protests at the COP30 climate conference. The announcement is an intermediate step for the official recognition of the areas
The announcement of the demarcations of ten new indigenous lands occurs after several protests by indigenous peoples in the immediate vicinity of the Convention Centre, where the COP30 is due.
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