FSC Indigenous Foundation

Council

Gregorio Mirabal

Climate Change and Biodiversity Coordinator of COICA

Gregório Mirabal is a member of the Kurripako Indigenous People from Venezuela, member of the Council of the FSC Indigenous Foundation, General Coordinator of the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and an indigenous leader committed to the defense of the rights of Indigenous Peoples .

He was vice-president of the Indigenous Parliament of America chapter on Venezuela, General Coordinator of the Organizations of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon (ORPIA), and member of different UN Conferences of the Parties including the Convention on Biological Diversity and UN Framework Convention on Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Mr. Mirabal was Venezuela’s representative at the Dialogue Table with the Brazilian Development Bank (2015-16).