Minga en Macas, Ecuador 16 y 17 de diciembre 2019
la Coordinadora de Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA), y su aliada la Fundación Equitable Origin (EO) realizaron la segunda minga del año en la provincia de Morona Santiago, en la ciudad Macas-Ecuador el 16 y 17 de diciembre del 2019. Presentaron: Presidente de la Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana (CONFENIAE) – el […]
¡Bienvenido a la sección de Contenido Interactivo de CEFO Indígena!
Aquí encontrará información exclusiva sobre una variedad de temas relevantes para poblaciones y comunidades indígenas. Puede explorar nuestra sección de “Blog” que incluye análisis sobre temas de importancia, la sección «Voces indígenas» que le brindara información directa de varios líderes indígenas de la región, o puede explorar nuestro «Contenido educativo» que le permitirá asistir a […]
Welcome to the CEFO Indígena’s Interactive Content section!
Here you will find exclusive information on a variety of topics relevant for to indigenous populations and communities. You can explore our Blog section which includes analysis on a variety of topics, the “Indigenous Voices” section which will give you direct information from several indigenous leaders in the region or explore our “Educational Content” which […]
Indigenous Group in Southeastern Ecuador Embraces EO100™ Standard at Community Workshop
In late May of this year, two members of the EO team traveled to Puyo, Ecuador and led a stakeholder engagement workshop with members of the indigenous people’s organization Comuna San Jacinto del Pindo de Pastaza. Senior Advisor, Rene Ortiz and Director of Socio-environmental Affairs, Pablo Yépez represented EO at the workshop, which also included technical staff for the […]
Groundbreaking EO-Organized Forum in Lima Sparks Dialogue for More Equitable Energy Development on Indigenous Lands in Peru
Last week, EO co-hosted a first-of-its kind event in Lima in what we hope will prove to be the first step on a new path for responsible and inclusive energy development in the indigenous territories of Peru. When we first announced the forum «Indigenous Communities and Extractive Industries: Standards for Quality and Generation of Opportunities Under Equitable […]
Executive Summary: Defining and Addressing Community Opposition to Wind Development in Oaxaca
This morning, we announced an updated version of our case study, Defining and Addressing Community Opposition to Wind Development in Oaxaca (originally published in November 2015) in a press release and made it available for download. Read on for an executive summary of the study: Since Mexico opened its energy resources to foreign development and investment, wind energy development […]
Elevating Indigenous Voices in Debates Over Energy Development on Their Lands
Editor’s note: The author of this post, Indigenous Peoples’ rights expert James Anaya, is a member of the Equitable Origin Board of Directors and a Regents’ and James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law. He served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights […]
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 […]
EO lidera capacitaciones sobre Consentimiento, Previo, Libre e Informado –CPLI- con los pueblos indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica:
Equitable Origin, en alianza con La Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA), y la mesa redonda sobre Biomateriales Sostenibles (RSB), lidera actualmente una iniciativa innovadora y colectiva, cuyo objetivo es examinar el Derecho Colectivo indígena sobre Consentimiento Previo, Libre e Informado –CPLI-, y su aplicación en el contexto de los Estándares […]
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 […]