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00:02 Report by Djamilia Prange de Oliveira
00:17 Marco Apolo Santana | Lawyer
01:19 Ibã Huni Kuin | Protester
01:31 Viviane Borari | Kayapó Activist
01:41 Megaron Txucarramãe | Kayapó Chief
02:08 Sônia Guajajara | Minister of Indigenous Peoples

Script:

A tense moment outside the climate summit venue in Belém. Indigenous protesters block the entrance, insisting on direct negotiations. ((location tag: Belém, Brazil. Date tag: November 14, 2025)) 

COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago agrees to talk to them. They lead him to a separate space. 

+++SOT Marco Apolo Santana, Lawyer+++ 
"They came here to be heard. The situation is: Until now, they didn't have the opportunity to be heard by the authorities. They forced a dialogue now, and it worked out."  

The group was successful: After the protest, Brazil's Ministry of Indigenous Peoples announced the demarcation of two of their territories by the end of the year. 

COP30, the first international climate summit held in the Amazon, has the largest Indigenous participation ever.  

More than a thousand from nine different countries are here – up from around 170 last year. 

But most remain outside the air-conditioned halls where politicians debate their future. 

Instead, they have to create their own spaces to be heard.  

Like on this protest on the weekend. 

+++PTC+++ ((optional)) 
Thousands of people came to the climate march here in Belém, the host city of COP30. Among them are also many Indigenous people. They are here to demand climate justice and the demarcation of Indigenous lands. 

((Indigenous people chant and protest, let image breath a bit)) 

+++SOT Ibã Huni Kuin, Protester +++ 
"I am fighting for our territory, for the demarcation of our land, in defense of life, flora and fauna, and our water sources."  

Indigenous people also took center stage at this boat protest. 

+++ SOT Viviane Borari, Kayapó Activist +++ 
"Enough with soy, enough with the destruction of the environment, enough with all the projects that don't bring life, but just the destruction of our territories." 

+++ SOT Megaron Txucarramãe, Kayapó Chief +++  
"COP is important for us to show that we are here, to make Indigenous people seen." 

Studies show that Indigenous territories safeguard biodiversity, act as major carbon stores, and consistently show lower deforestation rates. 

But last year, more than 2000 hectares were lost due to illegal logging, mining and land theft – resulting in violence – last year more than 200 Indigenous people in Brazil were assassinated. 

+++SOT Sônia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples+++ 
"This is not only the biggest tropical forest in the world, but also a place with a rich diversity of people, cultures and territories that also have to be protected. And it's exactly the people that live here who protect this forest and the biodiversity – a powerful means to fight the climate crisis. So, to protect the Amazon rainforest, we must understand that we also have to protect the people who live here." 

Indigenous people say they are part of the solution. But first, the world needs to listen to them.