🪶 One indigenous chorus

With no less than 391 ethnic groups, speaking as many as 295 languages, indigenous peoples in Brazil are extraordinarily diverse — in culture, history, and in their public-policy needs.

Even so, there was no ambiguity at this year’s United Nations Climate Conference (COP30, held in the Amazonian city of Belém) about their central demand and top priority: that the demarcation and protection of indigenous territories must be recognized as climate policy.

This agenda was expressed not only in documents but also in action. Monday’s Global Indigenous March gathered roughly 4,000 people, according to organizers. In the “COP Village” at the Federal University of Pará, more than 3,000 indigenous people braved adverse conditions to make their voices heard. Inside the Blue Zone — the official negotiations space — COP30 recorded…

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