Last week, at the UN Convention on Biodiversity’s 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, a group of international organizations and artists released a powerful video appealing to the global community in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and allies of the Amazon calling for respect for Indigenous rights, recognition of Indigenous territories, and a global agreement for the permanent protection of 80% of the Amazon rainforest by 2025.
This call is made in support of the “Amazonia for Life 80% by 2025” Initiative which seeks to avert the ecological tipping point of the Amazon, the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on Earth.
Ziggy Marley, Barbra Streisand, Rosario Dawson, Ricky Martin, Wagner Moura, Fran Drescher, Lilakoi Moon (Lisa Bonet) and Esai Morales join international artists in calling for a global agreement for the permanent protection of 80% of the Amazon Rainforest by 2025.