Indigenous communities demand greater change as Amazon rainforest summit begins

Amazon nations’ leaders have gathered in the Brazilian city of Belém for a rare summit about the future of the world’s largest rainforest amid growing concern over the global climate emergency. The environmental summit convened by Brazil’s leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, represents a handbrake turn in Brazilian government policy after four years of Amazon destruction under the country’s previous leader, Jair Bolsonaro. In the run-up to the summit, thousands of Indigenous people gathered to protest and demand the government pledge a greater commitment towards protecting the rainforest. Activists have warned Brazil’s ultra-right congress could prevent the president from carrying out his ambitious environmental agenda