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RAINFOREST ORGANIZATION'S NEWS


Our project with UNESCO – Update
In September last year, Rainforest Organization announced first steps toward a cooperation with UNESCO to promote the Xingu Indigenous Territory (TIX) as an international biosphere reserve and world heritage. This initiative followed the visit of the great tribal leader Raoni Metuktire and the leaders Tapi and Watatakalu Yawalapiti from the Xingu Indigenous Territory (TIX) to the Élysée Palace in June 2023, upon the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron. A programme bluepri
6 days ago


Our collaboration with CNES and GameIn Society
Rainforest Organization is proud to announce an innovative project in partnership with Games in Society to support the indigenous people...
May 27


Tapi Yawalapiti at UNESCO
In October 2024, Chief Tapi Yawalapiti was interviewed by UNESCO, sharing his profound insights on the deep connection between the...
Apr 5


Oct 22, 2024


Wildfires in the Xingu
Burning hut, 12.09.2024 The Xingu Region is currently experiencing a grave climate crisis with uncontrolled wildfires. They have reached...
Sep 12, 2024


Our project with UNESCO
Rainforest Organization is proud to present its cooperation project with UNESCO in order to promote the Xingu as international biosphere...
Sep 6, 2024


Our collaboration with ACCOR Hotels
Rainforest Organization is proud to announce our new collaboration with the ACCOR hotels group under the All-Captaincause program. The...
Jul 25, 2024


Raoni meets with Pope Francis in the Vatican climate summit
During the Vatican summit “From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience”, that took place from 15-17 May 2024, Rainforest Organization...
Jul 2, 2024


Emmanuel Macron in Belém with Lula and Raoni
On March 26th, French President Emmanuel Macron went to Belém, in the North of Brazil, accompanied by the Brazilian President Luiz Inácio...
May 24, 2024


Grand Chief Raoni and Cacique Watatakalu meet Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron at the Elysée Palace
MEETING WITH EMMANUEL MACRON On 12 December, the delegation had the privilege of meeting the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron....
Jan 8, 2024


Cacique Watatakalu in Paris with AFV: Women for the Amazon event and meeting with young people from Ile-de-France
PART 3 The Mayor of Paris invited Grand Chief Raoni, the Watatakalu Yawalapiti cacique and the Yabuti and Paxton Metuktire caciques to...
Jan 8, 2024


Raoni and Watatakalu caciques meet French President and Mayor of Paris with AFV
PART 2 The Mayor of Paris invited Grand Chief Raoni, the Watatakalu Yawalapiti cacique and the Yabuti and Paxton Metuktire caciques to...
Jan 8, 2024


Grand Chief Raoni and the cacique Watatakalu were invited by the city of Paris to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 and 11 December 2023.
PART 1 The Mairie de Paris invited Grand Chief Raoni, the Watatakalu Yawalapiti cacique and the Yabuti and Paxton Metuktire caciques to...
Jan 2, 2024


Cacique Watatakalu campaigns in the United States in October thanks to AFV
From October 3rd to 7th, Watatakalu Yawalapiti, cacique and representative of the indigenous women of Xingu, travelled to the United...
Nov 3, 2023


Lula's partial veto of the "marco temporal" bill undermining indigenous reserves
On October 20th, the President of Brazil vetoed part of the "marco temporal" bill, which seriously undermined the fundamental rights of...
Nov 3, 2023


The Rainforest organization takes part in Kuarup, in the heart of the Xingu Indigenous Territory
On 9th and 10th September 2023, the Rainforest organization (AFV), accompanied by donors, was invited to the Kuarup ceremony alongside...
Oct 3, 2023


Victory in Chief Raoni's fight for the demarcation of the ancestral territory of the Kayapó people
Image : Matthieu Suprin Since the 1990s, the great chief Raoni Metuktire has been tirelessly fighting for the recognition and demarcation...
Sep 22, 2023


Interview of Robert Dardanne, AFV’s president on the 2023 world tour
Robert Dardanne’s interview, President of the Rainforest Organisation
Looking back on the european tour 2023
Aug 18, 2023


CANNES; A STOP RICH IN EMOTION
The delegation made a groundbreaking stopover at the Cannes Film Festival this month. This international event offered an opportunity to...
Jun 13, 2023


A SUCCESSFUL FINISH TO THE INTERNATIONAL TOUR TO PROTECT AMAZON
PART 1 The final stage of the European tour of Xingu region autochthon leaders, organised by the Rainforest Organisation (AFV), came to a...
Jun 12, 2023
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