The Australian future generation sings for action on the protection of the Amazon Jungle.

All proceeds will be donated to Amazon Watch, and NGO that has protected the rainforest and advanced the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin.

Recipient of the Highly Commended Certificate - Youth for Peace Award presented by the Psychologists for Peace Interest Group of the Australian Psychology Society (APS).

This collaboration between Australian young people and Miss Colombia emphasises on the critical importance of the Amazon Jungle for our world's sustainability. All people around the world depend on the Amazon, and specially the younger generation, however, the Amazon rainforest is under siege like never before.

The song is tangible evidence that young people in Australia are aware of Australia’s direct involvement in the Amazon rainforest through mining concessions, and they want these companies to listen to their voice, their worries, protect the ‘lung of the world’, by putting the environment and the well-being of future generations on top of the list, as they make their daily decisions.

Know more about the importance of the Amazon Jungle, 'the lungs of the Earth':

The critical role that the Amazon rainforest plays for life-sustainability in the planet is due to it being the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the world, providing food, water, wood, and medicines, and helping stabilise the Earth’s climate, by regulating the world’s oxygen, water, and carbon cycles (Leman, 2019). It produces between 6% and 20% of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, therefore the Amazon is often referred to as the "lungs of the planet" (McFall-Johnsen, 2019).

According to WWF, the Amazon also houses at least 10% of the world’s known biodiversity, including endemic and endangered flora and fauna, and its river accounts for 15-16% of the world’s total river discharge into the oceans. The Amazon River flows for more than 6,600 km, and with its hundreds of tributaries and streams contains the largest number of freshwater fish species in the world.

According to the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), about 9% (2.7 million) of the Amazon’s population is still made up of indigenous people – 350 different ethnic groups, more than 60 of which remain largely isolated (WWF).