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Ahead of the assembly of international governments at the COP26 climate conference held in Scotland, the indigenous tribes of the Amazon basin have issued a pressing message that the 8.4 million kilometres of the Amazon must be urgently protected.
Charged with representing the 3.5 million inhabitants of the Amazon basin, head of the organisation COICA, Gregorio Mirabal outlines why the call for collaboration has been necessary.
COICA's proposal to the World Congress on Protected Areas gave the Amazon's indigenous peoples a voice.
Aiming to get 80 percent of the Amazon protected, the proposal was duly accepted.
Meeting that target would ensure future generations would be able to live amidst the Amazon's flourishing array of flora and fauna, a utopia which Mirabal envisages.
Hindering this vision of a protected Amazon is the apparent ambivalence of international governments.
Mirabal cites corruption and a lack of motivation as key political obstacles.
Regarded as the lungs of the planet, the Amazon rainforest encompasses a vast area but with 200,000 acres being incinerated or wiped out on a daily basis, it is no exaggeration to fear that if deforestation reaches 20 percent, the results will be irreversible.
It's touch and go for the future of the Amazon.
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