Indigenous Guardians of Global Biodiversity and Climate at COP16| amazonwatch.org
Mining in the Amazon has terrible effects on the livelihoods and health of Indigenous peoples and frontline communities as well as the overall balance of the Amazon’s biological diversity. Yet, mining giants with well-known track records of devastation and rights violations are eyeing Indigenous and traditional communities’ lands and other protected areas in the Amazon. Despite committing to withdraw from all mining interests in Indigenous lands, multinational companies continue to bulldo...| amazonwatch.org