Webinar speakers Teddy Wakum, Dina Danomira, Javier Garate.
Join us on Tuesday November 18 for an update about the United Nations COP30 climate summit from two Indigenous land defenders from Indonesia and a Global Witness representative who speaking from Belem, Brazil.
The webinar will take place at 3 pm local time in Brazil (10 am in Vancouver, 1 pm in Ottawa, 7 pm in Brussels).
Register now here.
Teddy Wakum Indigenous Papuan frontline human rights defender
Wakum has noted: “I am the Director of a legal aid organization in Merauke, West Papua. I am an fighting for the rights of indigenous West Papuans. …In Merauke the National Strategic Project plans to clear more than 2 million hectares of land. …This land clearing will not only affect the people in Papua but also contribute to the climate crisis, and this is only one example of many cases of deforestation in West Papua. This project also brings hundreds more military troops to the area to manage the project.”
Dina Danomira West Papuan Indigenous activist
From Belem, Danomira has posted on Instagram: “It is a shame that many Indigenous voices are not included in COP30 negotiations, and we feel this deeply as West Papuans. Our forest is not for negotiation, our forest is not YOUR BANK. We are guests here in the Amazon and we fight alongside them, our Indigenous relatives, for a sustainable future for the forest and our planet. The time for action is now. Let’s make sure indigenous rights are at the forefront of all discussions!”
Javier Garate Global Witness policy advisor
Garate is the Senior US Policy Advisor – Land and Environmental Defenders at Global Witness as well as a member of the Peace Brigades International-Canada Board of Directors and a former PBI-Colombia advocacy representative. Global Witness has highlighted that at COP30, countries must agree to stop criminalization against land and environmental defenders, ensure transparent and prompt justice for defenders who have been attacked, among other measures, and systematically identify, document and analyze attacks on land and environmental defenders.”
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