EO leads Free, Prior and Informed Consent workshop with Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon basin
Equitable Origin, in partnership with the Coordinating Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), is currently leading an innovative and collective effort to examine the issue of Indigenous Peoples’ right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent, or FPIC, and how it is applied in the context […]
Rethinking Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
In February and March 2018, Equitable Origin (EO), in collaboration with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) and the Coordinating Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin (COICA) conducted the second and third workshops in a series of three workshops about Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) as part of a project funded by the ISEAL Alliance Innovation Fund. The […]
Community Engagement and Renewable Energy
EO organized a workshop in Muna, in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, to train indigenous representatives on social and environmental impact assessments; Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC); and Human Rights. The training was conducted in partnership with the Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA), and included the participation of more than 30 indigenous representatives. […]
Indigenous Voices: Colombia
As we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we are launching a series of blogs featuring voices from the field, profiling indigenous participants in the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) workshops we held in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador between October 2017 and February 2018 in conjunction with COICA, the Coordinator of Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon Basin. For […]
Indigenous Voices: Ecuador
Mercy Payaguaje of the Secoya Nationality of Ecuador-NASEPAI (Sucumbíos Province – Ecuador) I am from the Secoya Nationality of Ecuador-NASEPAI of the San Pablo del Río Aguarico community, I had to take a car from my community to Lago Agrio, in total it took me 4 hours to get here. I came to the workshop […]
Indigenous Voices: Ecuador – Zamora Chinchipe Province
Avilio Shaki, Director of the Shuar Arutam Community, Ecuador (Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador) I represent 47 communities and 6 associations, in a territory of 220,000 hectares, 13,000 inhabitants and 2,000 families. For me to arrive as a representative of my organization is important and it is necessary to articulate policies among the organizations because we […]
EO and COICA Convene a Knowledge-Building Workshop: Ensuring the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – From Consultation to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC)
The increase in industrial activities to obtain raw materials and energy in the Ecuadorian Amazon puts the conservation of natural areas and the cultures that settle there at risk. A large part of these areas identified for resource development are also indigenous territories, and Indigenous Peoples have their own collective rights. As a result, it […]
Minga Macas Ecuador – Marlon Vargas Interview
The President of the Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana (CONFENIAE) – Mr. Marlon Vargas. Marlon Vargas comments about his experience during the minga that was held in Macas, Ecuador on December 16th and 17th 202o. He mentions «I think it’s very important to continue working with this model along with other Indigenous […]
Minga in Macas, Ecuador December 16th and 17th 2019 Part 2
Part 2 of the minga held in Macas, Ecuador.
Minga en Macas, Ecuador 16 y 17 de diciembre 2019, Parte 2
Parte 2 de la minga en Macas, Ecuador.