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.