Peruvian Amazon leader named Indigenous Peoples Ambassador at COP17

Julio Cusurichi, a Peruvian Amazon leader, was elected Ambassador of Indigenous Peoples for primary forests at COP17 of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Yerevan, Armenia. The event also highlighted denunciations of state retreat in protecting isolated peoples, signaling ongoing tensions between indigenous advocacy and government policy.

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