EO travels to Belize to meet with Maya leaders
On the 22 and 23 of August, Equitable Origin President David Poritz and VP of Standards and Stakeholder Engagement Soledad Mills traveled to Belize with James Anaya, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to meet with the Maya Leaders Alliance and the Toledo Alcaldes Association. Meetings took place in the town […]
EO Leads Workshop on EO100™ Standard with Indigenous Peoples’ Group in Peru
Beginning on September 1, 2014, Equitable Origin held a three-day workshop in Iquitos, Peru at the headquarters of the Organization of the Indigenous Peoples of the East (ORPIO) the regional subsidiary of the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Jungle (AIDESEP) for the Loreto region of Peru. AIDESEP is a non-profit organization that […]
EO Launches EO100™ Standard Consultation in Latin America with Indigenous Community Partners
On October 15, 2014, at the headquarters of the Coordinator of the Indigenous Nationalities of the Amazon Basin – COICA (by its Spanish acronym) in Quito, Ecuador, Equitable Origin hosted a workshop and launch event for the online consultation tool and comment period on the EO100™ Standard. Manuel Pallares, co-founder of Equitable Origin and Pablo Yépez, Equitable Origin’s Director […]
EO Hosts EO100™ Standard Consultation with Amazon Indigenous Organization CONFENIAE
From January 13th to 15th, Equitable Origin convened a meeting in Ecuador’s coastal province of Esmeraldas with leaders and representatives of a number of indigenous groups in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The purpose of the meeting was to consult with indigenous groups of the region on the EO100™ Standard, collect input on the impacts of oil […]
Peruvian Indigenous Group AIDESEP Holds Press Conference to Call for Oil and Gas Regulations Based on EO100™ Standard
Speakers at the AIDESEP press conference in Lima, Peru on March 24. Left to right: EO Co-Founder Manuel Pallares, AIDESEP President Henderson Rengifo, and member of AIDESEP Board of Directors Sedequias Ancon. (Photo: AIDESEP). Following its official request to Peruvian government agencies in December of last year, the indigenous group AIDESEP called a press conference to publicly […]
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 […]