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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…

Recognition of Indigenous Territories in Amazonia is proceeding, but not at the pace the planet needs

April 15, 2024

New York City (USA), April 11, 2024 — Representatives of the Amazonia for Life coalition attending the 23rd session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (April 15-26, 2024) are…

COP27 must create a climate agreement that protects 80% of the Amazon by 2025, Indigenous leaders, researchers and environmental organizations urge

June 29, 2023

Without the protection of this precious carbon sink, any agreement that seeks to keep the planet’s temperature below 1.5 ° C degrees will be insufficient. (Note: Read here in Portuguese and Spanish.) Sharm…

Advisory: Indigenous delegates at COP26 to endorse campaign demanding banks exit Amazon oil & gas

June 29, 2023

Stand.earth, Amazon Watch to host press briefing on new campaign calling for global banks to end oil & gas financing in Amazon rainforest GLASGOW — North American-based environmental advocacy organizations Stand.earth and Amazon Watch will host…

Advisory: COP26 webinar to reveal new research showing Amazon rainforest at the tipping point

June 29, 2023

Researchers, and Indigenous leaders to provide insight on what can be done to achieve 80% protection by 2025 WHAT: New scientific evidence recently released by a team of experts from…

COP15: Amazonia against the clock: How Indigenous territories save the planet | Advisory

December 21, 2022

The “Amazonia for Life: Protect 80% by 2025” Initiative invites to the press conference: Amazonia against the clock: How Indigenous territories save the planet WHAT: Within the framework of the work of…