International negotiations on climate change mitigation continue this month at the UNFCCC COP 14, in Poznan, Poland. Juan Carlos Jintiach, executive co-director of the Amazon Alliance, is participating in representation of the Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and the Amazon Alliance. Official transcripts from two speeches Mr. Jintiach delivered this week are now available below:
We the Amazon Alliance Coordinating Office send our greetings and many exciting updates!
This month, a delegation of Amazonian indigenous leaders joined the international debate on climate change mitigation at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona. Please visit the following links for international media coverage featuring the Amazonian delegation:
Rainforest dwellers caught between business, green groups
Agence France Presse—English
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jVROTks9vPhAvH0N1vSdva8iPRXg
Consensus takes form on forests and climate change
Agence France Presse—English
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHbasycCNlDD0Qr86EL09JvAB9zA
The Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) recently selected a delegation of five Amazonian indigenous leaders to join the international debate on climate change mitigation, this month at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in Barcelona. The IUCN World Conservation Congress will bring together over 8,000 global leaders in sustainable development and conservation from October 5-14, to determine solutions to the world’s most critical environmental issues.
The Amazon Alliance is preparing to attend the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October. The Amazon Alliance is collaborating with RRG, COICA and Forest Peoples Programme to accompany elected Amazonian indigenous leaders at the WCC to ensure that indigenous leaders paticipate in this major international summit. Participation at the WCC will prepare indigenous leaders to attend the UNFCCC COP-11 in December.