In exceptional assembly, a motion was deposited in the procedure of urgency to the congress of the International Union of Conservation of the Nature, which is held in Marseille, indicated to the AFP one of their representatives on the spot, Jose Gregorio Diaz Mirabal. The motion claims a "global plan of action" to put an end to deforestation and to the mining, in this vital forest for the biological balance of the Earth by its action of storage of CO2 notably.

"Every year, the Amazon loses more than 10,000 km2. This is the emergency, not only for us but for the whole world," said Jose Gregorio Diaz Mirabal, of the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin. For the first time, indigenous peoples' organizations have obtained a specific status this year at the IUCN World Congress.  IUCN brings together States, government agencies, international and national NGOs, economic development agencies and companies. It has more than 1400 members, supported by numerous experts. Its opinions and motions voted by its members every four years are therefore a reference in the world of nature protection, even if they are not binding.

The organization must decide if this motion submitted by a special emergency procedure, meets the criteria of "novelty" and "urgency" to be submitted to the vote, said Enrique Lahmann, one of the administrators of the IUCN.