Elected Amazonian indigenous leaders met in Quito, from August 7-9 to learn and strategize about climate change mitigation and the impact of REDD policies on indigenous peoples. The Workshop on Climate Change in the Amazon River Basin: Diagnostic of the Current Situation and Development of Strategic Action, was organized by COICA with the technical support of the Amazon Alliance and IPAM.

The COICA Declaration on Climate change is the result of this intensive meeting. This declaration demands that elected indigenous representatives be included in all plans that will affect their lands and territories.