This document summarises the key themes that emerged from a series of workshops and interviews about the FTA with representatives from local organisations, collectives, and Indigenous and traditional communities in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. It provides valuable insight into the positions and preoccupations of community members across Mercosur.
Amazon on Fire 7: deforestation and fire in undesignated public forests
Undesignated public forests in the Amazon must remain as forests and in the public hands, aiming for conservation, focused on indigenous occupation, or sustainable use of their resources, especially by the native and traditional populations. However, the delay in...



