Statement in Solidarity of Local Demonstrations in Belem

Wednesday November 19, 2025

Belém, Brazil

As COP30 continues, local demonstrations by our relatives from Brazil continue as Indigenous Peoples of this region were promised access to the Blue Zone of COP but were met with exclusion and state violence.

“The Indigenous Peoples' global movement is diverse, and we honor the self-determination of our Peoples, especially their right to express themselves through autonomous and self-determined tactics and strategies deemed necessary. Indigenous Peoples and our representative structures continue to be marginalized and denied adequate access to spaces where decisions are made about our lands, waters and territories. The actions taken this week by our relatives from Brazil, were powerful articulations of this longstanding frustration. The IIPFCC expresses its solidarity with the statement made by those Indigenous Peoples participating and stands firmly with those who are directly affected by mining, mercury contamination, expanded oil development, deforestation, privatization of waters, financialization  and commodification of nature, and the ongoing destruction of the Amazon, their home. These struggles reflect the broader challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples globally in defending their lands, rights, and ways of life.”

The Woven Project stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters from Brazil and we will continue to illuminate injustices and express frustrations on behalf of the Indigenous People’s in the Blue Zone for those who cannot and were met with exclusion.

Below is International Indigenous People’s Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) “Statement in Solidarity of Local Demonstration’s in Belem during COP30” in full.