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Wamen Negarotê: Indigenous leadership, intercultural education, and the defense of life in the Guaporé Valley

Wamen Negarotê is an Indigenous leader of the Negarotê people in the Guaporé Valley (MT), whose work combines intercultural education, community empowerment, and territorial defense. As president of the Negarotê Indigenous Women’s Association, she participated in OGA’s Women Leaders’ Circle, highlighting the role of Indigenous women in the regeneration of life and the production of ancestral knowledge.

ATL 2026: The cry of the earth that the world needs to hear

ATL 2026 (Free Land Camp) took place from April 5 to 11 in Brasília, bringing together more than 7,000 Indigenous peoples from 200 Brazilian communities. They presented a document opposing fossil fuels to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. OGA was there alongside its partners IEMAV and Claudia Franco. Read and share.

The Irony of COP30: Indigenous Voices Excluded from “Blue Zone” in Their Own Amazon

This week at COP30 in Belém — the UN climate summit held in the heart of the Amazon — Indigenous communities are being locked out of the very space where global decisions are being made. It’s not just symbolic: military forces are guarding the restricted “Blue Zone,” while frontline voices are demanding real change.