Forests for Climate Panel at the Ford Foundation, New York

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 21: (L-R) Actor and Activist Alec Baldwin, Hereditary Chief Phil Lane Jr., Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme Helen Clark, Activist Diana Rios and Deputy Secretary General of The Indigenous People' Alliance of the Archipelagos Mina Setra with Indigenous Peoples attend the Forests For Climate panel discussion at the Ford Foundation on April 21, 2016 in New York City.

The world's tropical forests are essential for stopping global warming, and their protectors, Indigenous Peoples, are under threat and need greater support and security. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Ford Foundation)

A group of Indigenous leaders and supporters in traditional dress stand together indoors, including an elder in a feather headdress holding a fan, a man holding a rainbow Wiphala flag on a paddle, and people in suits, beside a banner reading Justice, Fairness, Opportunity, Voice.