Indigenous groups in Brazil organized protests on Friday in Belém, blocking the main entrance to the restricted area at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) and demanding that the Brazilian government halt extractive projects that jeopardize their livelihoods.

The protesters belonged to the Munduruku Indigenous people who live in the Amazon tropical forest, mainly in the Amazon states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Pará. They blocked access to COP30’s main entrance, which required the army to intervene to reinforce security. Protesters’ demands included increased representation of Indigenous populations in COP30 and international climate events as well as an end to extractive activities that threaten their territories in the Tapajós and Xingu River basins, highlighting that dec

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