The Amazon Alliance is an international network of indigenous organizations and NGOs that facilitates collaborative work to create a better future for the people and environment of the Amazon Basin. The Alliance has worked for nearly two decades to support indigenous peoples, yet for reasons explained in this report, the Amazon Alliance’s dedication to strengthening indigenous organizations has been manipulated by a few individuals who have used it for their own ends.

The Guiana Shield Regional Meeting Coordinators are pleased to deliver our final report on the outcomes of the Guiana Shield Regional Meeting on Indigenous Peoples, Infrastructure Development, Mining and Climate Change, held in Georgetown, Guyana from April 13-April 17th.

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The exclusion of Amazonian indigenous leaders took a positive step when Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo discussed Climate Change and his proposed policies, such as REDD, at the Guiana Shield Regional meeting. Is this the beginning of a new era for transparent processes?

Click the following links to read press coverage of President Jagdeo’s conversation with the indigenous leaders from Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname.

President tells Amazonian indigenous leaders of efforts to improve lot of Amerindians

The Guiana Shield Regional Meeting, which was organized by APA of Guyana; OIS of Suriname; FOAG of French Guiana; in coordination COICA and the Amazon Alliance, concluded on April 17. Click the following links to read press coverage of this international event:

Indigenous leaders of the Guianas meet in Georgetown
Kaieteur News
http://www.kaieteurnews.com/2009/04/12/indigenous-leaders-of-the-guianas...

Amerindian leaders within Guiana Shield to meet in Guyana
Guyana Outpost
http://www.guyanaoutpost.com/news/news.shtml