Overview
- About 90–100 Munduruku blocked the main entrance for roughly 90 minutes, halting regular access at the UN Blue Zone in Belém.
- Organizers rerouted delegates to a side gate, moving metal detectors as queues stretched for more than an hour.
- COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago negotiated on site — at one point holding a protester’s baby — and the gate reopened after the dialogue.
- The group demanded cancellation of the Ferrogrão railway, revocation of the national hydrovias plan, clearer territorial demarcation, rejection of deforestation-based carbon credits, and action on mercury contamination from mining.
- UNFCCC described the action as peaceful with no danger, and the blockade followed an earlier protest this week that involved scuffles and minor injuries while the group sought a meeting with President Lula.