Indigenous people advocate land demarcation to reduce climate damage
The G9—a group that brings together representatives of indigenous communities from the nine countries of the Amazon, created during the UN Conference on Biodiversity, COP16—is calling for the demarcation of indigenous territories to be part of the final report of the COP29 as a measure to mitigate climate change. The event will take place from November 11 to 22 in Baku, Azerbaijan.The objective, which includes the titling of indigenous lands in the countries of the region—Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana—was highlighted by the general coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), Toya Manchineri, who also cited the need for a cross-border program to deal with the complexity of the issue.In an intervi...