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The delegation will meet Mr Timmermans on 6 November, only days after <\/span>Paulo Paulino Guajajara<\/span><\/a>, an indigenous forest defender, was shot dead by illegal loggers in Brazil’s Amazon region. Mr Guajajara, who was related to one of the members of the delegation, is the latest victim in a spate of attacks on indigenous leaders and environmentalists since Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro loosened environmental protections.<\/span><\/p>\n Print-quality photos of the demonstration free to use here<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Nara Bar\u00e9, general coordinator of the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon<\/b>, said: <\/span>\u201cEurope shares responsibility for the bloodshed and forest destruction in Brazil. European consumption increases the pressure on land around the world, and this is the consequence. The EU must pass new laws to keep products that encourage this violence and environmental destruction deforestation off the European market. We are asking EU governments to suspend the Mercosur trade deal until we can be sure that human rights, the forests and the environment are protected.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n The indigenous leaders are travelling around Europe as part of the tour <\/span>Sangue Ind\u00edgena: Nenhuma Gota A Mais<\/span><\/i> (Indigenous blood: not a single drop more) organised by <\/span>Articula\u00e7\u00e3o dos Povos Ind\u00edgenas do Brasil<\/span><\/i> (APIB, Association of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples).<\/span> On 1 November<\/span><\/a>, Paulo Paulino Guajajara, an indigenous forest defender, was shot dead by illegal loggers in Brazil’s Amazon region.<\/span><\/p>\n The European Commission <\/span>is considering<\/span><\/a> what action it should take to address Europe\u2019s contribution to global deforestation.<\/span><\/p>\n Over 400 companies <\/span>promised<\/span><\/a> at the Consumer Goods Forum in 2010 that they would end their contributions to deforestation by 2020 \u2013 none of them have met that goal. Analysis by Greenpeace International <\/span>suggests<\/span><\/a> that by the start of 2020 some 50 million hectares of forest \u2013 an area the size of Spain \u2013 will likely have been destroyed for global commodity production since those promises were made in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n The APIB <\/span>delegation<\/span><\/a> visiting Brussels is made up of Nara Bar\u00e9, Alberto Terena, Angela Kaxuyana, Celia Xakriab\u00e1, Dinaman Tux\u00e1, Elizeu Guarani Kaiow\u00e1 and Kret\u00e3 Kaingang.<\/span><\/p>\n Contact:<\/b><\/p>\n Sini Er\u00e4j\u00e4\u00e4, Greenpeace EU forest policy adviser<\/b>: +32 (0)476 97 59 60, <\/span>sini.erajaa@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Greenpeace EU press desk<\/b>: +32 (0)2 274 1911, <\/span>pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n