The training was planned to discuss and align the plans for Confronting climate change in different territories
The Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR), through the Department of Environmental Territorial Management and Climate Change (DGTAMC), coordinator by Sinéia do vale, is the host of the Committee's training workshop Indigenous Climate Change (CIMC), held at the Lago Regional Center Caracaranã, Raposa region, Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Land.
The training was planned to discuss and align the plans for tackling climate change, recognizing the direct impacts on the indigenous territories and the importance of the protagonism of these peoples in the construction of sustainable and effective solutions. as explained by Sinéia do Vale, who is also coordinator of the Indigenous Committee on Climate Change (CIMC).
Participating in the meeting are peoples from the Pantanal, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga and Amazon, which through group dynamics share experiences about the reality of their territories in the face of climate change.
The CIR is the only Indigenous organization in Brazil being national and international reference, having as its main instruments the Plans to combat climate change built by communities with the support of partners.
The first plan of confrontation was from the communities of the Serra da Lua region, which is between the municipalities of Cantá and Bonfim, being internationally highlighted for its pioneering spirit, in This was followed by the creation of the plans for the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Land, which started 2019, and in the Amajari region, in 2023.
"This moment is very important, for two days We will strategically discuss the plans to confront it, listening, sharing experiences, traditional knowledge, because here we have the participation of people from various biomes in Brazil and each one lives reality Sinéia, an indigenous scientist and co-chair of the Caucus, emphasized Indigenous.
The training also brings the debate on indigenous rights, reaffirming the centrality in guaranteeing autonomy, territorial protection and valuing peoples' ways of life.
"I want to reinforce that the federal constitution declares and guarantees indigenous rights, but currently, our rights have suffered major setbacks and this has impacted our territories, so for to talk about autonomy is to talk about the demarcation of indigenous lands," said Fernanda Felix, CIR lawyer.
Maioque Rodrigues, from Terena people, came from Mato Grosso do Sul, Pantanal and Cerrado biome, a territory that is experiencing great challenges, such as the expansion of agribusiness on the land Indigenous people, pollution of rivers and water sources by the abusive use of pesticides, rampant deforestation that has caused environmental disturbance in the territories, according to the leadership, the goal is to take the practices that are being developed here in Roraima by the CIR, such as territory management, situation and plans to confront climate change for its people.
"They are different fronts of struggle, but they have the same one objective the defense of territories, rights and public policies, then All the experience shared here I will take to start the work there", I concluded Maioque.
The Indigenous Committee on Climate Change (CIMC), responsible for by training, it is an initiative of the Brazilian indigenous movement, created to Monitor climate debates to ensure peoples' participation traditional policies for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), aligning climate actions with territorial protection.
In Roraima, the CIR Climate Change Committee is formed by the indigenous leaders of the twelve regions and representatives of the departments of the organization.
Andréa Bavaresco, executive coordinator and Sara Gaia, coordinator of the indigenous peoples program of the International Institute of Education of Brazil (IEB), are the facilitators of the training, designed with the support of partners: Conservation International, Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN). In addition, the Coordination of Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), Amazon Research Institute (IPAM).
The expectation is to build a CIMC work plan for the 2026, built by several hands, promoting a space of participatory planning, with definition of priorities and strengthening of joint actions with the Cerrado, Pantanal, Caatinga, Atlantic Forest and Amazon.