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Page last updated at 10:40 GMT, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 11:40 UK

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In Pictures: Bolivia hosts climate talks

Delegates attend a session of what is billed as the People's World Conference on Climate Change in Tiquipaya, outside Cochabamba in Bolivia

Bolivia is this week holding what is billed as the People's World Conference on Climate Change, an alternative to last year's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.

People from eastern Bolivia known as "Macheteros" after the machetes they use perform during the inauguration ceremony of the People's World Conference on Climate Change on 20 April

The meeting has brought together environmental activists, government officials and indigenous people, including these "Macheteros" from eastern Bolivia, to focus on the plight of the world's poorest people.

A foreign delegate uses the phone during the People's World Conference on Climate Chanage in Bolivia on 20 April

Foreign delegates have also made their way to Tiquipaya near the city of Cochabamba for the talks that are looking at climate change from the perspective of developing nations.

An indigenous Quechua woman burns incense during the inaugration of the People's World Conference on Climate Chjange in Bolivia

A key part of the meeting is the focus on the rights of Mother Earth, the Pachamama divinity of indigenous Andean peoples.

Bolivian President Evo Morales holds up plastic plates as he speaks at the People's World Conference on Cliamnte Change in Tiquipaya, near Cochabamba

Bolivian President Evo Morales, brandishing plastic plates, told the crowd in Tiquipaya that "either capitalism dies or it will be Mother Earth".

Indigenous Ecuadoreans are among the delegates at the People's World Conference in Bolivia on 20 April

Delegates also heard Mr Morales accuse industrialised countries of failing to honour their promises to reverse the damage caused by greenhouse gases.

A man films proceedings during the People's World Conference on Climate Change in Bolivia on 20 April

The meeting in Bolivia has no direct bearing on the UN climate talks but the aim is to draft proposals on issues, such as an international environmental court, to be presented to the UN climate meeting in Mexico later this year.

People attending the People's World Conference in Bolivia on 20 April

Those attending the Bolivia meeting say they hope future summits will devote time to those most affected by climate change.

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