News of Note 11/21/25: Brazil Recognizes More Indigenous Lands, Tens of Thousands March for Climate Action, Indigenous Insights from COP30 Final Week
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Brazilian Government Announces Ordinances to Recognize 10 Indigenous Lands (Earth.org)
“Brazil’s Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara announced that declaratory ordinances will be issued for 10 new Indigenous lands. [...] According to Indigenous leaders present at the event, the package of ordinances meets a historical demand for territories to finally be recognized as part of the climate solution, given the proven role of Indigenous lands in containing deforestation and preserving the Amazon.”
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Government of Brazil advances in the demarcation of ten Indigenous lands (Cop30 Brasil)
Brazil to Demarcate Indigenous Territories Following Munduruku Protest at COP30 (Earth.org)
Indigenous-led protest in Belem urges climate action, fossil fuel phase-out and justice for affected communities (AFP via Al Jazeera)
“Tens of thousands of people have thronged the streets of an Amazonian city hosting the COP30 talks, dancing to pounding speakers in the first large-scale protest at a United Nations climate summit in years. As the first week of climate negotiations limped to a close with nations deadlocked, Indigenous people and activists sang, chanted, and rolled a giant beach ball of Earth through Belem under a searing sun.”
Indigenous Peoples at COP30 - Week 2
Indigenous Voices and Sources
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipai journalist on attending Cop30 (The Guardian)
I'm an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It's survival (Big Issue)
In Solidarity: Indigenous Peoples' Demonstrations and the Struggle for Participation at COP30 (Cultural Survival)
With COP30, Indigenous Brazilians strive for new resources to protect nature (Mongabay)
Indigenous women leaders: ‘Climate finance is a right, not a favour’ (OpenDemocracy)
Additional Reports
COP30 enters its final stretch: urgency, ambition, and voices from the streets (UN News)
‘A flawed system’: COP30 climate meeting falls short despite record Indigenous turnout (ICT News)
Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister (The Guardian)
First Week of Negotiations at COP30 Ends in Disappointment and Despite Record Indigenous Presence at Brazil COP30 Climate Summit Sparks Frustration Over Exclusion (Cultural Survival)
What the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon delivered for forests and Indigenous people (Reuters)
Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death” (The Nation)
Indigenous voices at COP30: The Amazon speaks – will the world listen? (The Conversation)
COP30 Confronts Fossil Fuels, Forest Tensions as Indigenous Communities Press for Influence (ESG News)
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