COP30 president pledges Indigenous protesters to request more accreditations

Record ID: 2277595

  • Title: COP30 president pledges Indigenous protesters to request more accreditations
  • Date: 14th November 2025
  • Summary: BELEM, PARA, BRAZIL (NOVEMBER 14, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF INDIGENOUS MEMBERS OF THE SAO PEDRO WAYKIRUM TAPAJOS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY DURING MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) MEMBER OF THE SAO PEDRO WAYKIRUM TAPAJOS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, NATO TUPINAMBA, SAYING:     “Our river is our way, it’s the way we get to our towns, and in it we have a sacred place. I
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  • Keywords: ACTIVISTS BELEM BRAZIL CLIMATE CHANGE COP30 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
  • Location: BELEM, PARA, BRAZIL
  • City: BELEM, PARA, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics,United Nations
  • Reuters ID: LVA001206714112025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Brazil's COP30 president on Friday (November 14) promised to find a way to increase the host country's delegation at COP30 after a meeting with discontented Indigenous people.
        Alongside his government's ministers for the environment and Indigenous peoples, Andre Correa do Lago met on the sidelines of summit in Belem with representatives from Indigenous communities after members of the Munduruku people staged a peaceful sit-in that blocked the main access to the COP30 venue in the morning.
        Nato Tupinamba, a 'paje', or shaman, expressed his community's rejection of both a proposed hydroway in the Tapajsos river and a railroad between the neighbouring states of Mato Grosso and Para.
        Throughout the summit's first week, Indigenous people have complained about their relative absence in the negotiations and discussions, despite the fact they are considered the Amazon’s guardians and stewards.
        However, Brazil's Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, said that of the 1,200 accreditations allocated to Brazil, 400 were for Indigenous representatives.
    (Production: Miguel lo Bianco, Lais Morais, Anna Portella)
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