The COVD-19 pandemic has increased the challenges and vulnerability of more than 600 indigenous communities living in the Amazon basin. This region is a critically important area, not only for its enormous biological diversity and for the environmental services it provides, but also for being home to hundreds of ancestral communities.
As part of the Indigenous Rights and Resource Hub Project https://cefoindigena.org/en/home, a project of Equitable Origin and COICA we are featuring “Indigenous Voices”, a series of interviews with indigenous leaders on the impacts of COVID-19 on indigenous rights. This interview is with Elvia Dagua – Leader for Women and Health (CONFENIAE)