To preserve Amazon, Indigenous groups call for debt forgiveness
Lima, Peru Reuters Indigenous groups from across the Amazon basin called on Monday for financial institutions to forgive the sovereign debts of the South American nations that comprise the Amazon rainforest, in exchange for commitments to preserve the environment. The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest and its health is considered key to avoiding the […]
Vaccine rollout a “war against time” for Amazon Indigenous groups
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous leaders in the Amazon rainforest urged governments this week to ensure vaccine rollouts reach all tribal communities as a devastating new wave of COVID-19 overwhelms the region’s health systems. Jose Gregorio Diaz, who heads the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin (COICA), said his people faced a […]
Amazon leaders demand illegal miners stay away to protect tribal lives
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Amazon tribal leaders called on governments in South America to ensure illegal miners stay away from their forest lands as they fear outsiders could spread the coronavirus among vulnerable Indigenous communities. At least 10 Indigenous people in Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia have died from the highly contagious COVID-19, according to the […]