More than 60 environmental leaders and activists completed a 25-day boat trip and arrived in Belém this Monday (10) to present demands during the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30). 
The initiative was created by indigenous entities in the region, including the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Apib). The Yaku Mama flotilla left Ecuador and passed through Colombia until arriving in Belém.
Yaku Mama Flotilla spokesperson Lucia Ixchiu says the objective is to create joint strategies among indigenous peoples.
“For us, the most important thing is to build solidarity across borders, because the global situation is very difficult. We need, for example, to combat the pollution of the Amazon River”, he says.
Another demand is greater participation in the management of territories. They also want access to drinking water and a more effective fight against mining, oil exploration and violence against indigenous peoples.
Indigenous leader Pablo Inuma Flores, from the Baixo Madre de Diós region, in Peru, said that it is necessary to dialogue in a constructive way.
“The objective is to have clean fuels that do not pollute and avoid spills. We want zero fossil fuels, zero illegal mining, zero extractivism, zero deforestation and zero illegal logging.”
