News Headline
Rainforests are under siege but indigenous peoples could still save the Amazon
Source
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Publication Date
2020-12-21
Five years ago, when leaders of 197 countries adopted the historic Paris Agreement on climate, they opened our rainforest homes for business. During negotiations, member states agreed to pull from the pact a brief reference to protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples, placing us instead in the toothless preamble.