Indigenous leaders at COP30 are calling out exclusion, injustice, and the urgent need for real climate action. Cultural Survival shares a powerful week-one recap from the heart of the Amazon.

Birds are vanishing at an unprecedented rate — a warning that our ecosystems and food systems are breaking down. The film shows why protecting birds means protecting ourselves, and how simple actions can help restore balance. Transform your passion into action.

The Economist recently explored why traditional conservation models are failing — and why Brazil’s approach to protecting the Amazon may offer a global pathway forward. Their analysis highlights how the real costs of deforestation fall on the world, while the benefits stay local — and why new economic incentives are essential for saving tropical forests.

At the center of this crisis is the Amazon rainforest — home to the richest biodiversity on Earth and millions of Indigenous peoples. But across the world, forests and communities are being wiped out as governments and corporations clear-cut land for logging, agriculture, and mining. Together, we can protect our forests and stand with those defending them.

A surge in accommodation prices during COP30 priced out Indigenous leaders and frontline nations — silencing the voices most impacted by climate change.