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…

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…

A Roadmap to Implement Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework

April 18, 2023

READ Briefing note READ Statement DOWNLOAD Report The Amazonia is a region that is vital for life on Earth and it has entered a dangerous tipping point with ripple effects…

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…

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…