Thousands of Indigenous protesters marched through Belem, Brazil, on November 17, as part of the ‘Global March The Answer Is Us’ during the COP30 climate conference.
The demonstrators called for the demarcation and protection of their ancestral lands, protested against the privatization of rivers, and demanded recognition as the guardians of the Amazon rainforest.
Indigenous leaders emphasized the urgent need to protect wildlife, forests, and rivers from illegal mining and environmental destruction, highlighting their central role in climate action. Over 3,000 Indigenous participants from across Brazil are attending COP30 to make their voices heard.
00:00Palmyras, we demand more respect for this land, more respect.
00:30We are here fighting for our land, for our fauna, for our birds, which is under discussion.
00:43We are here at this COP to get results.
00:47We ask that Lula come in to market the land so that the illegal loggers don't enter our land, nor our river.
00:55I also want the water for everyone.
00:59Look, we're not going to tie up the Day of the Pipo, a type of bird.
01:04We're going to tie up the Day of the Paipuero, another type of bird.
01:20We are here making our claim against Decree 12.600, which President Lula privatized three rivers, and we don't accept it.
01:29We don't accept it unless there is a free, prior, and informed consultation, and he backtracked and will do the consultation after we go to the negotiating table.
01:38We will not sit at any table if we haven't had a free, prior, and informed consultation.
01:44In Brazil, here in our state of Mato Grosso do Sul, the government and the security and safety of the...
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01:58... you drink them.
01:59We want water to drink.
02:02And we're here at the same table.
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02:05... you drink them.
02:06In heaven and on earth.
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02:16We are here claiming our rights, defending our forest, defending our animals, where we have survived all these years.
02:41We need to be recognized by the world as great guardians of the forest.
03:11How can the government place the primacy within a territory?
03:41We need to be recognized by the world, which is the first generation of the forest.
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