Sidelined—Quilombos Fight on for Health of World’s Largest Rainforest By Joyce Chimbi Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

Without (land) titles, Quilombolas (an Afro-descendant community) are exposed to invasion and displacement from big companies, ranchers, farmers and land grabbers. —Fabio Nogueira, Menino Jesus Quilombola leader https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/sidelined-quilombos-fight-on-for-health-of-worlds-largest-rainforest/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Inside_COPs_th_Hour_Negotiations_for_LegacyBuilding_Belm_Climate_Deal_A_Disputed_Roadmap_to_Leave_Fo BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 20 2025 (IPS) - Just 30 minutes from where the UN climate negotiations are unfolding in the port city of Belém, Afro-descendant communities are engaged in a fierce struggle for the full recognition and legal titling of their ancestral territories—critical as their security and livelihoods are compromised by businesses wanting to set up contaminating landfill sites and drug cartels. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.