Media Coverage / September 6, 2022 Ecuador indigenous demand rulings against extractive industries be enforced This story was originally published in Reuters. ___ QUITO, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Two indigenous… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Chronicles / August 31, 2022 Deforestation Inside Conservation Areas: Ecuador’s Failure to Protect the Amazon For the past two hours we have been driving from the frontier town of Lago… Read more Nicolas Mainville
Media Coverage / August 10, 2022 In the Amazon, a U.N. Agency Has a Green Mission, but Dirty Partners This story was originally published in The New York Times. ___ RESGUARDO BUENAVISTA, Colombia —… Read more matiagency
Chronicles / June 23, 2022 Ecuador’s National Strike: The Legitimate Right To Demand Change Last week, for the third time since 2019, tensions between Ecuador’s government and Indigenous communities… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Media Coverage / April 19, 2022 Ecuador’s Distant Dream of a Green Recovery This story was originally published in Foreign Policy. ___ AMBATO, Ecuador—Standing halfway up a hillside… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Chronicles / March 4, 2022 Siekopai Nation: Three Fronts for Territorial Reunification and Surviving Extermination Throughout 2021, the Siekopai Nation achieved the first important advances in its persistent struggle for… Read more Amazon Frontlines
Where we work Amazon Frontlines and the Ceibo Alliance work on concrete initiatives with over 60 communities from the Siona, Secoya, Kofan and Waorani indigenous Nations in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. Explore the Where We Work map to learn more about the past and present of these indigenous communities. Make sure to check out Communities with Stories to watch films or read first-hand accounts of our work with these communities, from clean water and solar energy, to territorial defense and cultural revival. Explore the map
Waorani: Mapping Ancestral Lands In the face of mounting threats to their lands and livelihoods, Waorani communities have begun creating territorial maps of their forests that document the historic and actual uses of their territory, demonstrating that their homelands are not up for grabs. Whereas the maps of oil companies show petrol deposits and major rivers, the maps that the Waorani peoples are creating identify historic battle sites, ancient cave-carvings, jaguar trails, medicinal plants, animal reproductive zones, important fishing holes, creek-crossings, sacred waterfalls Explore the map
Secoya: Recovering Ancestral Territory Since the 1941 war between Ecuador and Peru, the Secoya Nation has been separated by political borders and displaced from their ancestral homelands. Now they are working to reclaim their ancestral land and reunite with their families. Here is an interactive georeferenced map of Lagarto Cocha which visually displays Secoya ancestral settlements, ceremonial centers, mythological sites, ancient travel routes, and traditional forest uses. Explore the map
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