Amazonian indigenous organizations representing 511 nations and allies unite in calling for a global pact for the permanent protection of 80% of the Amazon by 2025 as an urgent measure to avert an imminent tipping point. We must listen to the stewards of this land and to science. The time for action is now.
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Campaign launched to protect 80% of Amazon at key environment summit, IUCN approves Indigenous Peoples’ Global Call to Action to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025 to avoid catastrophic “tipping point” of no return.
MARSEILLE, France – (September 9, 2021) – For the first time in its seven-decade history, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is including Indigenous peoples as full voting members in their own right, rather than under the NGO category. Dozens of Indigenous meetings are happening at the summit – which occurs every four years – with representatives from 23 organizations. Also at, the IUCN, Members approved motion 129, a call-to-action titled “Avoid the point of no return in the Amazon by protecting 80% by 2025.” The motion—which was approved after several debates—was proposed by the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and various civil organizations. This coalition calls for a global pact to protect the world’s largest tropical forest, which is on the verge of reaching a point of no return.
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