King Charles has been given biodiversity gifts by an Amazonian tribe at a Dubai hotel joined by Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron for the Cop28 summit.
Charles, 75, joined a Commonwealth and Nature reception at the hotel hosted by Secretary General of the Commonwealth Baroness Scotland.
Indigenous leaders from different Commonwealth nations were also in attendance alongside the King.
Joenia Wapichana, 59, President of the FUNAI indigenous organisation in Brazil and of the Truaru tribe of the Roraima state, gave the King a handmade decorated wooden bird.
The bird, ‘Arara’, is a native Amazonian bird which is a ‘symbol of biodiversity’ and mimics the human voice, she said.
‘He liked the present very much and I thanked him for everything he has done to help protect biodiversity in the Amazon,’ she added.
King Charles talks to representatives at the Commonwealth and Nature reception during COP28
Charles, joined a Commonwealth and Nature reception at a Dubai hotel hosted by Secretary General of the Commonwealth Baroness Scotland
King Charles unveils a plaque at Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus during the Cop28 summit
Joenia Wapichana, 59, President of the FUNAI indigenous organisation in Brazil and of the Truaru tribe of the Roraima state, gave the King a handmade decorated wooden bird
The garden bash was held to help launch the Wildfire Resilient Landscape Network.
Set up by the Circular Bio-energy Alliance (CBA) and Commonwealth Secretary to combine indigenous knowledge and modern science.
In a speech Baroness Scotland said the King’s attendance was ‘joyful and appropriate’.
And said the initiative was ‘inspired’ by the King’s idea to pool skills and knowledge of Australian indigenous communities and Canadian scientists.
Both nations have been massively hit by wildfires.
The King welcomed Lord Cameron to Dubai who said ‘I would not have missed it for the world’.
Charles shook hands and spoke to students at Heriot-Watt campus in Dubai.
Dozens waited outside the campus with their mobile phones to grab photos of the King.
The King is greeted by Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron as he arrives to meet students at Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus
King Charles smiles as he he socialises at the Commonwealth and Nature reception
Charles joined a Commonwealth and Nature reception today
King Charles talks to representatives from Ecuador at the Commonwealth and Nature reception
As he left he unveiled a plaque before taking extra time to shake and greet the waiting students.
Inside was shown examples of clean technology and innovations to fight climate change ahead of his address at COP28 environment summit tomorrow.
Lord Cameron, who only became Foreign Secretary, earlier this month is also in Dubai for COP.
Greeting him at the university campus, Lord Cameron said: ‘I would not have missed it for the world’.
Humza Yousaf, Scottish First Minister, also warmly greeted the King.
