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Fany Kuiru and Alicia Guzmán: The Fight to Prevent the Amazon’s Point of No Return

October 31, 2025

COICA reaffirms its regional leadership with the inclusion of Fany Kuiru, General Coordinator, among the 100 Latinos Most Committed to Climate Action 2025, and acknowledges the work of Alicia Guzmán,…

COICA announces the approval of IUCN Motion 068 for urgent action to protect and restore the Amazon by 2030

October 31, 2025

Gland, Switzerland, September 24, 2025. – The Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) announces the approval of Motion 068 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, with the…

Amazonia on the Brink of Extinction: New Data Reveal That the Symptoms of a Tipping Point Are Advancing Beyond Previous Estimates

October 30, 2025

A report to be launched next week by a coalition of Indigenous leaders, researchers, and international organizations calls on regional leaders to commit to protecting and restoring 80% of the…

Press Release: COICA and the Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (FOSPA) agree on an alliance to promote the protection and restoration of at least 80% of the Amazon as a measure to avoid the tipping point

June 29, 2025

Bogotá, Colombia (June 5, 2025) — The Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and the Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (FOSPA) through its Climate Change, Biodiversity and Amazon Initiative…

COICA and the Science Panel for the Amazon join forces to promote the protection and restoration of at least 80% of Amazonia as a measure to avoid a tipping point

May 7, 2025

Quito, Ecuador (May 5, 2025)  Within the framework of the Science Panel for the Amazon workshop held in Quito, Ecuador, from April 8 to 10, 2025, during the III Conference…

Emergency action to restore 80% of ecological integrity in Amazonia by 2030 preventing cascading tipping points

April 2, 2025

Today we celebrate with our global community, the IUCN approval in the first instance of a new motion calling an “Emergency action to restore 80% of ecological integrity in Amazonia…

Colombian band Aterciopelados supports the initiative Amazonia for Life: Protect 80% by 2025

July 3, 2024

Colombian band Aterciopelados declared their support for the Amazon for Life initiative during their participation in London Climate Action Week 2024 (June 22-30), where the coalition was represented by the…

Letter to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

April 12, 2024

Lea este artículo en español   Ahead of the 23rd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which will take place from April 15 to 26,…

Organizations supporting 80% protection of Amazonia by 2025

April 2, 2024

Indigenous organizations supporting Amazonia 80×2025: ARPI SC – Asociación Regional de Pueblos Indígenas de la Selva Central Asociación Civil de Mujeres Indígenas Ñeengatú CIDOB CMIB CODEPISAM – Coordinadora de Desarrollo…

Indigenous leaders urge governments to call a global emergency to avert extreme drought and fires in Amazonia to keep the planet under 1.5 degrees Celsius

November 29, 2023

2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28) – Nov 30-Dec 12, 2023 – Dubai, UAE Dubai, United Arab Emirates (November 28, 2023) — Indigenous leaders and the coalition Amazonia…

Colombia embraces call for 80% Amazon protection by 2025 during summit in Belem

August 7, 2023

After meetings with COICA, Stand.earth, and RAISG, Colombia’s Minister of the Environment, Susana Muhamad, has now announced Colombia’s embrace of the push to protect 80% of Amazonia by 2025. Initially…

UN Permanent Forum adopts call of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to protect at least 80% of the region by 2025

July 27, 2023

In the final resolutions of the 22nd session of the Forum, held from April 17 to 28, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recognizes that the current levels…

Amazon Summit: The Road from Leticia to Belem to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025

July 8, 2023

The Government of Colombia hosted in early July a technical meeting in Belem as part of the Amazon Summit to be held in August in Belem. In this context, COICA…

IUCN approves Indigenous Peoples’ Global Call to Action to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025 to avoid catastrophic “tipping point” of no return

September 9, 2021

MARSEILLE, France – (September 9, 2021) – Members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have approved motion 129, a call-to-action titled “Avoid the point of no return in…