Impact
Since 1990, we have worked hand in hand with Indigenous communities from the Southeast Colombian Amazon for the recognition and realization of their rights, territories and local governance systems, as the most viable and dignified strategy for forest conservation. We believe that the diversity of knowledge systems and cultural practices is humanity’s greatest asset. Tapping into this wealth of worldviews and practices through intercultural dialogues and exchanges holds an extraordinary potential to find unexpected solutions and innovative strategies to our planet’s most urgent social and environmental challenges.
Our achievements
“The most compelling example in the world today of the contribution to a sustainable future that can be made by indigenous peoples”
1970 - 1980
- Conversations in Maloca on educational autonomy and territorial rights.
- Study of the first reserves (Mirití and Vaupés).
- First community indigenous schools separated from the dependents of the boarding schools
1990 - 2000
- Creation of the first AATI and regional proposals in education, health and territory
- Recognition of community schools
- Successful negotiation with the FARC-EP (Caguán) to respect the communities
1980 - 1990
- PIDA Project (Indigenous Participation in Amazonian Development) to strengthen indigenous communities with resources from Canada.
- The vision of working from Maloca, local research, Ecological calendars and the foundations for ethno-education are settled.
- Creation of COAMA
2000 - 2010
- Decentralization of Education
- Partial Health Decentralization
- Cocotal is strengthened as a Training Center
- Creation of CANOA and RAISG which provide cross-border vision
- Creation of the Yaigoje - Apaporis Park
2015 - 2020
Objectives for this period:
- Consolidation of Indigenous governments at administrative, fiscal and political levels.
- Strengthening of AATI to face as a block the market pressures in the post-conflict
- Consolidate an Amazonian vision that articulates the entities of the State and civil society
2010 - 2015
- Institutionalization of the Permanent Indigenous Peoples Roundtable
- Birth of the Andes Amazonas Atlantic Corridor Initiative
Awards & recognitions
