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Indigenous leader's climate call: 'We depend on the forest'
The Achuar tribe in the Peruvian Amazon has been battling emerging oil activity for years.
This is an audio diary from JeremÃas Petsein - the leader of 45 Achuar communities who are engaged in defending Achuar rights, under threat by the effects on their environment.
How has climate change impacted their lives?
(Photo: Members of the indigenous Achuar nation in Peru. Credit: Getty Images)
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