Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support indigenous communities in Latin America.

The UK regularly engages with indigenous leaders and civil society organisations across Latin America, including through our embassies and Ministerial visits. For example, in Brazil we are supporting local and indigenous people in the Amazon through International Climate Finance (ICF) programmes and have invested nearly £120 million of ICF since 2012, benefitting 19,593 families so far. In Colombia, our Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) programme has provided £69 million in support of peace agreement implementation, security, and stability in Colombia since 2015, and continues to prioritise funding interventions to protect indigenous communities.