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Indigenous peoples demand to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025 in Marsella

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Marseille, France, Sep 5 (EFE).- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez) Indigenous groups on Sunday called for 80% of the Amazon to be granted protection as a way to ward off land invasions, drug trafficking and deforestation. SOUNDBITES IN SPANISH OF THE INDIGENOUS LEADER OF THE VENEZUELAN AMAZON AND GENERAL COORDINATOR OF COICA, GREGORIO MIRABAL (ON SATURDAY).TRANSLATION:"We want to tell the world that we need them to wake up to save the planet. We are also here to demand that this world congress on protected areas shows whether it really stands with indigenous peoples."We demand that, together, we save 80% of the Amazon basin no later than 2025, there must be results before 2025"

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