Cali. Indigenous leaders from the nine countries that share the Amazon joined forces in defense of its biodiversity with the creation of the so-called G9, “a unified voice to influence global decisions,” within the framework of COP16 being held in Colombia.
The main demand “is that governments around the world recognize that traditional peoples are the main moral authorities when it comes to conserving biomes, protecting the diversity of species and regulating the climate,” explained the NGO 350.org in a newsletter. this Sunday.
Indigenous people from Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname launched the “G9 of the Indigenous Amazon” on Saturday in the Colombian city of Cali, during the world summit that ends on November 1.
It is a “regional coalition (…) that will increase pressure on governments around the world to take climate action (…) on a common agenda to take to COP30 in Brazil next year,” they explained in a statement.
The Amazonian peoples called for the “conservation of biodiversity”, respect for their rights in the territory and “direct financing” in compensation for their role as guardians of nature.
The launch comes as negotiations around a new permanent body to recognize the rights of indigenous communities are under discussion.
“Thanks to indigenous peoples, around 80 percent of the Amazon rainforest is conserved, one of the largest sources of carbon on a global scale and one of the areas with the greatest biodiversity on the planet,” said 350.org.
However, “the Amazonian peoples continue to suffer persecution and attempts to erase their presence,” he continued.
Due to the climate crisis caused by human activity, the Amazon is suffering the worst drought in almost two decades, according to the European Copernicus observatory.
On the Colombian side, the flow of the Amazon River, one of the longest in the world, was reduced by up to 90 percent in some areas due to the unusual heat wave.
COP16, the most attended in history, is held under the motto of “peace with nature” to energize the still timid implementation of the roadmap that the world drew up two years ago in a historic agreement in Montreal with a view to safeguard nature by 2030.
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