Dozens of Indigenous protesters blocked the front of the COP30 summit venue in Brazil on Friday morning, staging a sit-in that forced delegates to use a side entrance to resume their negotiations on tackling climate change.
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- Indigenous protesters in Belém staged the 'Great March of Forest Peoples' to highlight threats from extraction industries.
- Protesters demanded inclusion, land rights, biodiversity protection, and an end to fossil fuels at COP30. 12s
- Leaders stressed that demarcating indigenous territories is crucial to mitigating the climate crisis. 38s
- COP30 is the first summit held in the Amazon rainforest, aiming to amplify indigenous voices. 47s
- A protest escalated into clashes with security, with indigenous leaders defending the action as a reflection of their desperation. 1m 2s