Between June and September 2024, a 57% increase in forest cover loss has been recorded in Saamaka territory, compared to rates observed in the previous 6 years

77% of deforestation inside Saamaka territory has occurred after the 2007 Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ruling in favour of the Saamaka People.

In the crucial context of the COP16 on Biodiversity, the International Working Group for the Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI) extends a heartfelt invitation to organizations around the world to join our voice in defense of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI). Sign this petition and let's work together to ensure that governments include PIACI in their National Strategies and Action Plans on Biodiversity.

• Investment in gender equality is declining and Indigenous and Afro-descendant women's rights organizations are especially marginalized.
• Between 2016 and 2020, of the $28.5 billion in Official Development Assistance (ODA) Funds designated to support women and girls, only 1.4% went to organizations working with Indigenous women.
• In 2018-2019, Afro-descendant women, girls and trans people received less than 0.5% of global funding.

Amazon Frontlines is the first organization that promotes a scalable, proven model of Indigenous-led conservation and the first organization operating exclusively in South America to receive the Hilton Humanitarian Prize.