The launch took place this Friday morning (14), at COP30, during the plenary session "Indigenous Peoples and Article 6: Perspectives from the Kuntari Katu program.
Developed in indigenous territories in Roraima, the video shows the rich sustainable production of indigenous families contemplated in the first public notice of the Rutî Indigenous Fund, launched in March 2025.
The coordinator of the Rutî Indigenous Fund, of the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR), Josimara Baré, a specialist in climate finance who is also part of the Kuntari Katu Program, presented the video to the participants. During Baré's speech, he pointed out direct climate financing and reinforced the participation of Indigenous peoples in the negotiation tables.
"We have a network of Community Funds in the Brazilian Amazon, and I bring here the results that worked, that these are funds managed by us indigenous people for indigenous people. the Rutî Indigenous Fund is one of the success stories, as you saw in the video, a dream of the leaders of Roraima", said Josimara.
The coordinator also mentioned the TFFF (Tropical Forests Forever Fund), an initiative of the Federal Government to create a financial mechanism that remunerates countries for the preservation of their tropical forests.
The plenary was composed of Juliana de Moraes, IPAM consultant, Kanaiaku Kamaiurá, member of the Kuntari Katu Program, Lucas Marubo, member of the Kuntari Katu Program and Ana Carolina Amaral, journalist and founder of The Next, in addition to the representative of MPI.
Kaianaku Fogaça Kamaiur, an expert in Article 6, Kuntari Kati Program, has been following the negotiation processes of Article 6 for indigenous peoples Article 6 of the Paris article, highlighted the importance of participation in decision-making tables
"Despite being part of the federal constitution itself, Indigenous peoples are still invisible, so it is important for us to participate in these spaces and I have been following these negotiations, and we have several challenges, mainly harassment from large enterprises, reinforcing that the carbon market is not a priority for Indigenous peoples, and we have the power to decide whether we will want it or not", Kaianaku said.
Lucas Marubo, from Vale do Javari, parliamentary advisor to the Kuntari Kati Program, in his speech called for the protection and demarcation of indigenous territories.
"I reinforce here that it is possible to talk about climate change without talking about the demarcation of indigenous lands, this goes for everyone who follows this debate, every day we have our rights violated, especially with the validity of the Temporal Framework law, we need to be heard before it is too late", concluded Marubo.
Marubo, asked for respect for the right to consultation with Indigenous peoples, citing the harassment that the leaders of the Javari territory have suffered.
The plenary was held by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), in partnership with the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (MPI) and the Kuntari Katu Program.