Amazonian biodiversity: Indigenous convoy to bring focus to threats during Montreal summit

Amazonian biodiversity: Indigenous convoy to bring focus to threats during Montreal summit

Subject : Environment

Context-

• A delegation of Indigenous Amazonians will be a part of the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) for the United Nations Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD).

About the CoP15 of the CBD-

• Held in Montreal, Canada.
• COP15 CBD is an international meeting bringing together governments from around the world. Participants will set out new goals to guide global action to preserve biodiversity through 2030 to halt and reverse nature loss.
• Focus would be on extractive industries, especially mining and fossil fuels, threatening biodiversity loss in the Amazon rainforest and threatening human rights across the biome.

Amazon rainforest-

• The Amazon rainforest is home to 30 per cent of the world’s species, comprising 40,000 plant species, 16,000 tree species, 1,300 birds and more than 430 species of mammals.
• As the largest tropical rainforest in the world, it is the source of 20% of the oxygen used by the planet.
• Fishes and birds make up one in five of all species and are found in the Amazon.
• The rainforest of the Amazon is home to 400–500 indigenous Amerindian tribes.
• The amount of sunlight that reaches the forest floor is also extremely low, leaving it completely dark.
• Indigenous lands make up around 20 per cent of the Earth’s territory, containing 80 per cent of the world’s remaining biodiversity.

• Threats to amazon rainforest-