The COP30 climate talks start this week in Belém, a city at the mouth of the Amazon River that Brazil’s leaders chose as a venue to highlight connections between the climate crisis and the world’s largest tropical forest.

But while the forest may be in the global spotlight, some worry that the region’s people are being overlooked.

“The world is talking a lot about the Amazon, but I believe the world needs to listen more to Amazonians,” journalist and Belém resident Daniel Nardin told Newsweek .

After a two-decade career in journalism and communications management, Nardin said he grew tired of seeing stories about the Amazon that did not include the region’s people. In 2023, he started Amazônia Vox to bring more attention to Amazonians and the innovative work they are doing to solv

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