Across the entire 847 million hectares of Amazonian territory, some 26% of its forests are showing evidence of deforestation and degradation 20% have suffered irreversible loss and 6% are highly degraded. The tipping point for the Amazon is no longer a distant scenario, but a present reality in some parts of the region. Of […]
By Paula Bayarte Lima, Sep 2 (EFE).- More than 500 indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin have issued an emergency call from Lima for the world to act urgently against the destruction of the largest rainforest on the planet and will meet in Peru for a summit in which they seek to amplify their cries. …
By Fernando Gimeno and Carla Samon Ros Quito/Lima, Jun 2 (EFE).- The Summit of the Americas is pointing the way to a “sustainable future” – a mixed ecological transition challenge in which both the United States, the world’s second biggest carbon emitter, and Latin America, one of the regions most impacted by climate change but …
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Indigenous leaders from nine countries in the Amazon basin met in Ecuador on Tuesday and demanded that South American governments halt extractive industries that damage the rainforest, urging them to respect agreements and legal rulings recognizing communities’ rights over territories.
Governments in the region are failing to live up to their promises to protect indigenous groups, the leaders representing 500 communities including from Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil said, adding they feel disrespect when they are not consulted over the exploitation of oil and mining projects in their territories.
“We are demanding humanity support us in our fight for life, for