Statement in Solidarity with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Facing the Novel Coronavirus

A solidarity statement calling for immediate government and international action to protect Amazonian indigenous peoples from COVID-19 by halting extractive industries and respecting indigenous self-governance.

• Indigenous peoples in the Amazon face heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 due to precarious health conditions caused by externally-introduced diseases, a lack of potable water and sanitation infrastructure, and insufficient, culturally inappropriate healthcare services.
• The document argues that continued extractive activities—including mining, logging, oil exploration, and industrial agriculture—and the entry of foreign persons into indigenous territories pose a grave threat of 'ethnocide' to populations safeguarding the rainforests during the pandemic.
• Due to a lack of support from public health agencies and multilateral organizations, indigenous communities have implemented their own preventative measures, such as voluntary social distancing, controlling territory entry/exit, and creating health communications in their own languages.
• The signatories demand that governments and international actors respect indigenous rights to self-determination and governance, guarantee culturally-appropriate health services with proper interpretation, and establish urgent coordination groups involving the WHO to address health emergencies and food security.

APA

rrotadmin (2020). Statement in Solidarity with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Facing the Novel Coronavirus. Recourse. https://re-course.org/newsupdates/statement-in-solidarity-with-amazonian-indigenous-peoples-facing-the-novel-coronavirus/

Chicago

rrotadmin. Statement in Solidarity with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Facing the Novel Coronavirus. Recourse, 2020. https://re-course.org/newsupdates/statement-in-solidarity-with-amazonian-indigenous-peoples-facing-the-novel-coronavirus/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{rrotadmin2020statement, author = {rrotadmin}, title = {{Statement in Solidarity with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Facing the Novel Coronavirus}}, publisher = {Recourse}, year = {2020}, month = apr, url = {https://re-course.org/newsupdates/statement-in-solidarity-with-amazonian-indigenous-peoples-facing-the-novel-coronavirus/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }