Indigenous People Of The Amazon Demand Respect For Protected Areas

Indigenous People Of The Amazon Demand Respect For Protected Areas   Translated from Spanish, Original Below   Representatives of indigenous peoples that make up the Indian Country Coordinator of the Amazon Basin (COICA), met in Santa Cruz to discuss the status of protected areas and sue governments respect and protecting them.   According to Edwin Vasquez Campos, general coordinator of the COICA, many protected areas in the Amazon basin countries are at risk, since governments are...

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