Thousands of Indigenous protestors rallied outside COP30 in Belém, Brazil, to demand legal control of their territories better representation at the talks.
00:00Thousands of protesters are rallying outside the annual UN Climate Summit COP30 in the Brazilian city of Belem.
00:08Many are calling for indigenous land rights and better representation at the talks.
00:13We're here today at the Global Climate March.
00:16Women, youths, indigenous peoples, riverine communities, and quilombolas are united to demand social justice and the demarcation of indigenous lands.
00:25Our land and our forests are not commodities.
00:29Respect nature and the peoples who live in the forest.
00:32Demarcation now.
00:34Indigenous demonstrators say they've been relatively absent from negotiations this year, despite their being considered the guardians of the Amazon.
00:42On Friday, COP30 President André Correia do Lago said he'll find ways to include more indigenous representatives in the Brazilian delegation.
00:51This is the first time that protests have been allowed to take place outside the climate talks since 2021.
00:56The past three cops have been held in places that don't allow public demonstrations.
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