Brazil's indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire speaks during the event Dialogos da Amazonia (Amazon Dialogues) before a summit of Amazon rainforest nations at the Igarape Park, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) - Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous chief from Brazil's Amazon, will urge the region's head of state meeting here this coming week to step up their efforts to preserve the rainforest that is vital to his people's survival and the global climate.
"I will ask the presidents to commit to guaranteeing the preservation of the forest," he told Reuters.
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