Description: At COP30 in Belém, a Munduruku woman stands painted with traditional jenipapo lines marking her face and torso, cradling a squirrel monkey that nibbles food from her steady hands. She joined protesters blocking the conferences entrance, demanding repeal of Decree 12,600/2025 to protect sacred Tapajós rivers from becoming industrial soy highways. The monkey’s total trust highlights biodiversity's profound interdependence with humans and a need to preserve them.
