Abbey Abramson

  Forests, Indigenous Peoples, and the Amazon Forests, Indigenous Peoples & the Amazon: Why the COP in Brazil Was Both Symbolic and Controversial The decision to host the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Pará, Brazil — at the edge of the Amazon Rainforest — was more than logistical. It was symbolic: a global climate summit in the world’s largest tropical rainforest, with visible Indigenous leadership, in the heart of frontline-ecosystem concerns. Yet the summit’s forest outcomes were deeply ambivalent —marked by both noteworthy pledges and serious gaps—making the host location both powerful and problematic. This article unpacks why the Amazon spotlight mattered, what the significant forest-related results at COP30 were, how Indigenous and local-community rights figured in the negotiation, what was not achieved (or only partially so), and what this all means for frontier regions, justice-oriented climate action, and your own focus on meaningful ...