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To world leaders:

We global citizens are deeply concerned by scientists warning that ecosystems critical to sustaining life on Earth could collapse in our lifetimes. We call on you to meet existing targets to protect biodiversity, forge a new agreement so that at least 50% of our lands and oceans are protected and restored, and ensure our planet is completely sustainably managed. This must take into consideration the needs of human development, and have the active support of indigenous peoples. This long-term goal for nature can restore harmony with our home.
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To world leaders:
"We global citizens are deeply concerned by scientists warning that ecosystems critical to sustaining life on Earth could collapse in our lifetimes. We call on you to meet existing targets to protect biodiversity, forge a new agreement so that at least 50% of our lands and oceans are protected and restored, and ensure our planet is completely sustainably managed. This must take into consideration the needs of human development, and have the active support of indigenous peoples. This long-term goal for nature can restore harmony with our home."
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Update: September 10, 2021
Historic! For the first time ever, our governments recognized the science calling for protecting, conserving, and restoring at least half of Earth in order to save up to 1 million species and tackle climate change. And more: they also approved an urgent proposal from Indigenous leaders to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025 and to recognize their full land rights. This is a victory for the planet and the people, who are fighting hard to show our leaders the path to survival. Today we celebrate, and tomorrow we continue to fight.

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My name is Gregorio Mirabal, from the Wakuenai Kurripako people in Venezuela.
I’m writing to you as the leader of more than 500 Indigenous nations across the Amazon to ask for your support.

Days ago, I left my home, my family, and my mother, the Amazon rainforest, to attend the world’s biggest conservation summit and deliver an urgent call to protect at least half the planet, including 80% of the Amazon.

We MUST protect the forests, rivers, and oceans that sustain us all, from the Amazon to Africa and Indonesia. Our survival depends on it. 

But too many of our leaders are still blinded by short-term political compromises -- refusing to stop our forests from burning, our rivers from dying, and thousands and thousands of species going extinct.

So we’re taking a stand. We’re only a handful of indigenous leaders here, but if millions across the world back us, we can wake them up!

So join me now, and I will use my speech to governments to deliver our voices in the heart of the negotiations, urging them to protect our homelands and at least half the Earth -- before it's too late.

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