In warm-up for the debates for COP 26, Jéssica Maria, from the Wapichana people, Advisor to the Department of Territorial and Environmental Management, was participating as a representative of the Indigenous Council of Roraima - CIR, in the online Public Hearing: "Contribution of Brazilian Indigenous Peoples at COP 26." On Friday afternoon (22), convened by Federal Deputy Joênia Wapichana, where the lawyer of the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Coiab), Tito Satere Mawé, Paulo Tupiniquim, Representative of APOINME - Articulation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of the Northeast, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, Douglas Jacinto Kaigang, Representative of ARPINSUL - Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of the South, Adão Francisco Henrique, Director of FOIRN - Federation of Indigenous Organizations of Rio Negro,- Mauricio Tome Rocha, Representative of HAY - Hutukara Yanomami Association, - Elizeu Caetano, Representative of - Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of the Southeast.Jéssica Maria in her speech referred to the importance of recognizing the preservation of traditional indigenous knowledge, spoke of the preparation for COP 26, and the symbology that this (COP), brings with it by giving voice to indigenous organizations and leaders. She also referred to the participation of Sineia Do Vale, in the Climate Summit in April this year. Jessica and Sineia Do Vale, will be in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP 26, participating in the discussions.
"Indigenous peoples are prepared, and are vigilant for these debates, more than ever we have sought to fill these spaces, because we know the impact that climate change has in relation to our good living, in relation to our territories. But one of the first steps is the issue of guaranteeing territories, the Indigenous Council of Roraima, which has been fighting for 50 years to defend the rights of indigenous peoples, one of their main rights is the territory. It is indisputable that indigenous peoples have collaborated with the issue of climate change, and that spaces like this, not only the COP, we are prepared to dialogue, so that we can get our spaces, the CIR has sought to prepare territorial and environmental management plans. When we talk about accessing funds, there is a lot of talk about the carbon market, and people talk about the environmental issue, but they forget that in these biomes there are people, and these people are seeking their best life." Said Jessica Maria.