Indigenous Delegation to Hold World Leaders Accountable for Increasing threats to Amazonian Biodiversity At COP15 | Amazon Watch
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Indigenous Delegation to Hold World Leaders Accountable for Increasing threats to Amazonian Biodiversity At COP15

Leaders from Brazil and Ecuador will be in Montreal to draw attention to extractive industries, especially mining, threatening the Amazon rainforest

December 1, 2022 | Media Advisory


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What: Amazon Watch, alongside the the Association of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples (APIB), Federation of Indigenous Peoples from Pará state (FEPIPA), Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative (ASHI), and Brazil’s National Association of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors (ANMIGA) are traveling to 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) as part of an Amazonian Indigenous delegation of multiple coalitions and nations to draw attention to the extractive industries, especially mining, threatening biodiversity loss in the Amazon rainforest and threatening human rights across the biome. Some of our core international partners include Mining Watch Canada, Greenpeace Canada, Greenpeace Brazil, the Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL), Earthworks, and the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI).

The Amazon rainforest, home to at least 10% of the world’s biodiversity, is increasingly under threat from extractive industries such as mining and fossil fuels. During COP15, a concerted delegation delivering this key message in Canada, known as a haven for mining corporations, which represents an important constituency of the annual convening. Indigenous lands make up around 20% of the Earth’s territory, containing 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity.

A list of key events in which the delegation will participate can be found here.

When: Indigenous leaders will be on-site in Montreal, Quebec from December 7 – 15, 2022.

The following Indigenous leaders and Amazonian experts will be available for on-site interviews at COP15:

  • Dinamam Tuxá, APIB executive coordinator
  • Puyr Tembé, President of FEPIPA
  • Cris Julião Pankararu, APIB’s political representative & co-founder of ANMIGA
  • Jozileia Kaingang, ANMIGA representative
  • Domingo Peas Nampichkai, CONFENIAE / Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative
  • Christian Poirer, Program Director, Brazil mining and agribusinesses, Amazon Watch
  • Gisela Hurtado-Barboza, Advocacy Associate, human rights & oil conflicts, Amazon Watch
  • Gabriela Sarmet, Brazil Campaign Advisor, mining conflicts, Amazon Watch
  • Atossa Soltani, Founder and Board President, Amazon Watch and Director of Global Strategy of Sacred Headwaters Initiative

Interviews and Multimedia: Ada Recinos at ada@amazonwatch.org or +1.510.473.7542 is available on-site to coordinate interviews, interpretation provided upon request.

Background: The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international meeting bringing together governments from around the world. Participants will set out new goals to guide global action to preserve biodiversity through 2030 to halt and reverse nature loss.

Nature, particularly in the Amazon biome, is critical to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. In just under 50 years, human-driven biodiversity loss led to almost 70% decline of earth wildlife populations according to a report published by the WWF and Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Adoption of a bold global biodiversity framework that addresses the key drivers of nature loss is needed to secure our own health and well-being alongside that of the planet.

What needs to happen at COP 15:

  • Adoption of an equitable and comprehensive framework matched by the resources needed for implementation.
  • Clear targets to address overexploitation, pollution, fragmentation, and exploratory extractivist practices, such as industrial agriculture and industrial mining.
  • A plan that safeguards the rights of Indigenous peoples and recognizes their contributions as stewards of nature.
  • Finance for biodiversity and alignment of financial flows with nature to drive finances toward justice-driven, socially responsible/committed investments and away from environmentally harmful ones.

New scientific research published this fall shows that deforestation and degradation have compromised the ecological integrity of 26 percent of the Amazon, and parts of the region are already at, or past, their ecological tipping point. An international coalition, Amazonia For Life, is calling for 80% of the Amazon to be protected by 2025, which can only happen if world leaders hold country governments, corporations, and financiers of Amazon destruction accountable.

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