Resolution of the Amazonian Indigenous Forum on Climate Change
Manaus, October 11, 2001

We, representatives of indigenous peoples and organizations and traditional local communities, of the Amazon, other regions of Brazil, and of the countries of the Amazon basin, meeting on the occasion of the Amazonian Indigenous Forum on Climate Change, in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, October 8th - 11th 2001, with the participation of national and international scientific and governmental organizations; 

Having discussed and analyzed the consequences of climate change for our habitats, and faced with the need to seek common policies for the solution of our problems, put forward our considerations and proposals.

Considering the importance of indigenous peoples and their organizations, traditional local communities and their knowledge for the equilibrium of the environment and for the protection of the biodiversity of native tropical forests;

Considering that indigenous peoples and their organizations and traditional local communities have not had adequate participation in discussions and decision making on climate change, which constitutes a failure to respect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities;

Considering that the United States is responsible for about ¼ of global emissions of green house gases;

Considering that the general trend in the negotiations and agreements on the  Kyoto Protocol is to protect the interests of the most industrialized countries and businesses seeking to profit in the market for environmental services, principally with respect to the importance of native tropical forests globally;

Considering that the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) excluded the management and conservation of native tropical forests and therefore limits the participation of indigenous peoples and traditional local communities;

Considering that the positions and measures taken by the majority of the NGOs and their representatives do not represent our viewpoint in the decision making process in the negotiations and agreements on the Kyoto Protocol and its consequences;

Considering the importance of arriving at a common denominator in our comprehension of the problem of climate change and to work towards solutions that include the views of the indigenous peoples and traditional local communities;

DELIBERATIONS:

1. We affirm that full, effective, informed participation of indigenous peoples and traditional local communities in the discussion and decisions on the process of climate change, in all spheres, is fundamental and necessary.

2. The indigenous organizations and traditional local communities represented in the Amazonian Indigenous Forum on Climate Change, resolve that COICA (Coordinating Body of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin) and its member organizations should be the reference point for the process of participation, socializing information and decisions on climate  change and its mechanisms.

3. That the Amazonian governments should intercede with the United States for the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol;

4. That governments make possible the constitution of a Working Group on  indigenous peoples and traditional local communities in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;

5. That mechanisms for capacity building for indigenous peoples and traditional local communities be assured in the Kyoto Protocol;

6. That the inclusion of conservation and management of native tropical forests be assured in the CDM, respecting our cosmo-vision;

7. That the CDM allow conservation projects consistent with our cosmo-vision and sustainable development for indigenous peoples and traditional local communities.

Names and signatures of those present:

1. Haji Yine Sebastiao Alves Rodrigues Manchineri/COICA (Coordinating Body of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin)
2. Euclides Pereira/COIAB (Coordinating Body of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon)
3. Frank Appolinaire/FOAG (Federation of Amerindian Organizations of French  Guyana)
4. Jocelyn Therese/FOAG-COICA
5. Alwin R. Ligorie/OIS (Indigenous Organization of Suriname)
6. Josien Aloema Takoe/OIS-COICA
7. Rafael Alvaredo/CONFENIAE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon)
8. Francisco Avelino Batista/UNI-AC (Union of Indigenous Nations -Acre)
9. Obadias Batista Garcia/CGTSM (General Council of the Sateré-Mawê Tribe)
10. Esrawen Sompre/UPIAT (Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Araguaia - Tocatins)
11. Aldemicio Suzana Bastos/FOCCITT (Federation of the Organizations of  Ticuna Caciques and Communities)
12. Clarindo Chagas Campos/ASIBA (Indigenous Association of Barcelo)
13. Jose Maria Moreira dos Santos/FOIRN (Federation of Indigenous Organizations of the Upper Rio Negro)
14. Antonio Pessoa Gomes/APOINME (Association of Indigenous Peoples of Northeastern Minas Gerais)
15. Coaraci Macial Gabriel/APIO (Association of Indigenous Peoples of  Oiapoque)
16. Clovis Ambrosio Wapishsana/CIR (Indigenous Council of Roraima)
17. Galdino Pereira de Souza/APIR (Association of Indigenous Peoples of Roraima)
18. Pirakuman Yawalapiti/ATIX (Association Indigenous Land of the Xingu)
19. Estevao Taukane/FEPOIMT (Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Mato  Grosso)
20. Jefferson dias Ferreira/OPITTAMP (Organization of Indigenous Peoples of  Amapá)
21. Miralda da Silva Lopes/UNI-AC
22. Celeide Tchuwana Vieira Pereira/APITU
23. Osman Alferdo Félix Bastos/MEIAM (Indigenous Students' Movement of Amazonas)
24. Zuza dos Santos Cavalcante/UNI-TEFÉ (Union of Indigenous Nations - Tefé)
25. Jose Adalberto Silva/APIR
26. Crisanto Rudzo Tseremey'wa/ASPA (Pariwawi - auwe Association)
27. Erivaldo Santana Almeida/AITG
28. Maria Gorete Fonseca Chaves/AMARN (Women's Association of the Upper Rio Negro)
29. Miguel Batista Maia/FOIRN
30. Samuel Miwama Karajá/UPIAT
31. Moise Rocha Pedra/PEM CAH'YC
32. Mario de Camilo Terena/CIRESP
33. Heraldo Rocha Silva/OPIMP (Organization of Indigenous People of the Middle Purus)
34. Claudio Pereira/COIAB
35. Agnelo Temrite Wadzatsé/COIAB
36. Tome Fernandes Cruz/COIAB
37. Joao Almeida Vasques/OTM
38. Bonifacio Jose/COIAB
39. Joenia Batista Carvalho/CIR
40. Valmir Parintintin/OPIAM (Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Amazonas)
41. Marilena Silva Ramos/COIAB
42. Zilma Saldanha da Silva/COIAB
43. Claudionor dos Santos Pereira/CIM (Mura Indigenous Council)
44. Cecilio Correa/CIM
45. Jecinaldo Santos Cabral
46. Gersem dos Santos Luciano
47. Ailton Alves dos Santos
48. Alvaro Fernandes Sampaio
49. Jose Juarez Leitao dos Santos/CNS (National Council of Rubber Tappers)

INSTITUTIONS PRESENT

1. CNS - National Council of Rubber Tappers
2. INPA - National Institute of Amazon Research
3. IPAM - Institute of Environmental Research of the Amazon
4. IPAAM - Environmental Protection Institute of Amazonas
5. Amazon Alliance
6. IBAMA - Brazilian Environmental Institute
7. GTZ
8. Greenpeace
9. SEDUC/AM - Secretariat of Education - Amazonas
10. FEPI - State Foundation of Indigenist Policy
11. CPT - Pastoral Land Commission
12. CIMI Norte I - Missionary Indigenist Comission
13. UFRJ - Federal University do Rio de Janeiro
14. Museu Nacional - National Museum
15. The Nature Conservancy
16. Environmental Defense