61. IISD Youth Source Book On Sustainable Development CISA was founded in 1980 as an organization for indigenous peoples organizations COICA is composed of 5 national indigenous confederations from peru, http://www.iisd.org/youth/ysbk146.htm

[previous] [next] [Table of Contents] DIRECTORY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ORGANIZATIONS Assembly of First Nations 55 Murray Street, Suite 500 Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1N 5M3 Tel: +1-613-236-0673 Fax: +1-613-238-5780 Composed of representatives of first nations, their objectives are to share information, develop strategies to address national and regional government policy initiatives as they affect First Nation peoples. CISA Consejo Indio de Sud America Indian Council of South America Apartado Postal 2054 Lima 100 Peru Tel/Fax: +51-14-236-955 CISA was founded in 1980 as an organization for indigenous peoples organizations from South America. CISA's objectives are oriented to reach the recognition and respect for the right to live, justice, development and peace of the indigenous people at the United Nations and National Governments. CISA promotes knowledge and traditional practices on the use, conservation, preservation and sustainable development of natural resources. Confederacion De Nacionalidades Amazonicas Del Peru (CONAP) Brigadier Pumucahua No. 974 Jesus Maria, Lima, Peru

62. Peruvian Farmers And Indigenous People Denounce Maca Patents Extract Of Andean R Alejandro Argumedo, indigenous peoples Biodiversity Network, peru Argumedo isreferring to a US patent held by PureWorld Botanicals, Inc., http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Maca-Patents-Peruvian-Farmers3jul02.htm

Peruvian Farmers and Indigenous People Denounce Maca Patents Extract of Andean Root Crop Patented for "Natural Viagra" Properties ETC 3jul02 Indigenous peoples’ and farmers’ organizations from the Andes and the Amazon gathered at the offices of the Ecological Forum in Lima, Peru on 28 June 2002 to formally denounce US patents on maca, the high-altitude Andean plant (of the Cruciferae [mustard] family) that has been grown for centuries by indigenous peoples in the Puna highlands of Peru, both as a staple food crop and for medicinal purposes. Today, maca-based products are commonly promoted as natural enhancers of sexual function and fertility, and demand for maca is growing in the U.S., Europe and Japan. While maca exports have the potential to create new markets and income for Peruvian farmers, recent U.S. patents related to maca may actually foreclose opportunity for the true innovators of the Andean crop. "The Andean region is becoming known as the ‘biopiracy capital’ of the world. We are deeply offended by monopoly patents on our food crops and medicinal plants," said Efraín Zúñiga Molina of the Association of Maca Producers of Valle del Mantaro. "We’ve seen patents on ayahuasca, quinoa, yacon, the nuña popping bean, and now maca," said Molina. "These patents claim novel inventions, but everyone knows they are based on the traditional knowledge and resources of indigenous peoples," said Gladis Vila Pihue, a representative of the maca growers association, Department of Huancavelica (Peru).

63. Secretary-General Hails Contributions Of Indigenous Peoples To Human Civilizatio Kofi Annan on indigenous peoples in Machu Picchu, peru, on 12 November indigenous peoples must be full partners in efforts to protect their http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2003/sgsm9005.html

Home Site Map Contact Us UN Links UN Homepage UNOV Homepage UN News Centre UN Website Locator UN Webcast Latest press releases Advanced Search The United Nations in Vienna Press Releases Issued in Vienna ... Frequently Asked Questions SG/SM/9005 14 November 2003 SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO HUMAN CIVILIZATION IN REMARKS IN MACHU PICCHU, PERU NEW YORK, 13 November (UN Headquarters) Following is the statement delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on indigenous peoples in Machu Picchu, Peru, on 12 November: I would like to thank you (President Toledo) and Eliane for bringing Nane and me here. Here, amidst the peaks of the Andes in Peru, the enormous contributions of indigenous peoples to human civilization are everywhere on display from the sacred ruins of the Inca empire to the crops that grow on the mountainsides. In the jungles of the Amazon too, indigenous communities have lived for millennia in harmony with the rainforest, and they continue to do so today. And, throughout Latin America, one sees the extraordinary diversity of indigenous cultures and the potential contribution their knowledge and values can make to poverty eradication, sustainable agriculture, and indeed to our concept of life. From here in Peru to the Philippines, and from the deserts of Australia to the ice-covered lands of the Arctic circle, indigenous peoples have much to teach our world. But to come to the Andean region is also to appreciate how fragile the existence of many indigenous peoples is. In this region and in other parts of the world, too indigenous lands, waters, languages, health and cultures, long devastated by the legacy of colonial oppression, continue to be under grave threat. The environment is being destroyed and indigenous people are too often excluded from decisions that crucially affect the life of their communities. They suffer from prejudice, poverty, and disease. Some indigenous groups even face the terrible threat of extinction.

64. GBF indigenous peoples Biodiversity Network IPBN)PO Box 567 Cusco, peru Phone +5184 232603 Fax +51 84 24-5021 email ipbn@web.net. http://www.gbf.ch/desc_workshop_old.asp?no=21&app=&lg=EN&now=5

65. Indigenous Peoples Declaration Against Of United States Invasion Of Iraq The representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Americas gathered during peru. Comision Juridica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios http://www.freepeltier.org/indigenous_declaration.htm

A Call to Action! Indigenous Peoples Declaration Against the United States Invasion of Iraq Submitted to NativeNews by: Elsbeth Vocat Ottawa - Canada - (Posted on Apr-01-2003) The representatives of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas gathered during the second Annual Forum of Connectivity in Ottawa, Canada on March 24-26, 2003 and expressed the following: This genocide is a crime against humanity and violates international law as well as human and legal rights. This is a criminal invasion and it is killing innocent children, women and the elderly. It lacks any kind of legitimacy and cannot be justified as it violates all declarations to live in peace. It violates the self determination and sovereignty of peoples and the consensus reached by most states represented in the United Nations. The representatives of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas strongly request that all those responsible for these criminal acts be brought to the International War Crimes Court and be condemned internationally. We urge the United Nations to call for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to condemn the United States government, and its allies decision to go to war and we call for an immediate cease fire, while re-establishing diplomacy to end this conflict. Furthermore, we reject any new government imposed by the United States as it will only justify its presence in Iraq to protect its own geo- political and geo-economic interests.

66. Peruvian Farmers And Indigenous People Denounce Maca Patents indigenous peoples and farmers organizations from the Andes and the has beengrown for centuries by indigenous peoples in the Puna highlands of peru, http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=353

67. Indigenous Peoples Council On Biocolonialism Alejandro Argumedo, Quechua from peru, of the indigenous peoples BiodiversityNetwork, likened the regime indigenous peoples Biodiversity Network (peru) http://www.ipcb.org/issues/agriculture/htmls/2004/pr_cop7.html

Search IPCB: Use for more specific results Press Release Dated: February 19, 2004 Contact: Debra Harry, dharry@ipcb.org Endorsing Organizations: Asamblea Nacional Indigena Plural por la Autonomia (Mexico) Asia Indigenous Knowledge and Biodiversity Committee (regional) Asociacion Napguana (Panama) Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios Aymara CEM-Aymara (Bolivia) Human Rights and Democracy Movement (Tonga) Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade (Canada) Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Network (Peru) Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (US) International Indian Treaty Council Instituto de Desarrollo Integral de Kuna Yala (Panama) Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lahui Hawai`i (Hawaii) Nga Wahine Tiaki o Te Ao (Aotearoa) Red Nacional de Mujeres Indigenas Sobre Biodiversida de Panama Tebtebba Foundation (Phillipines)

68. [Peace] FORESTS ALERT-Peru's Isolated Indigenous Peoples Gravely Threatened Peace FORESTS ALERTperu s Isolated indigenous peoples Gravely Threatened.sustainablesnail@riseup.net sustainablesnail at riseup.net http://lists.perthimc.asn.au/pipermail/peace/2005-June/000139.html

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69. Disease Threats To The Urarina If the past is any measure regarding indigenous peoples in peru, the governmentwill attempt to assimilate them into peruvian society. http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/urarina.html

New and Old Disease Threats in the Peruvian Amazon: The Case of the Urarina by Ritchie Witzig River traders, loggers, and colonists coming from Iquitos to exploit the Urarina and their land for natural resources are known to have transported two measles epidemics in the late 1980s and 1991. They certainly brought the cholera epidemic of September 1991 and October 1993 upriver from Iquitos, as well as dengue fever and different strains of gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases to which the Urarina have had no previous immunological exposure. The traders and colonists also bring in poor nutritional quality foods such as rice and sugar that are altering the diet in some Urarina villages. The Urarina traditional diet is high in protein which prevents malnutrition, even under the stress of several infections. Once their diet includes more refined foods, malnutrition and consequently disease morbidity (the rate of incidence of a disease) and mortality will probably increase. Urarina communities also suffer from endemic vivax malaria, which still produces significant morbidity and contributes to mortality especially among children, pregnant women, and the elderly. Other important illnesses documented in Urarina communities in the initial 1992 survey were helminth infections, dysentery (amoebic and bacillary), and viral and bacterial respiratory infections. After the initial medical survey was performed, the Urarina communities elected 3 village health workers (VHWs) who were then trained to diagnose and treat the most common medical illnesses. The VHW communities were provided medical supplies for their village as well as any surrounding Urarina community in need. VHWs and the Urarina people are encouraged to continue using and developing their own medical system for many ailments which it can ameliorate. Further medical surveys from August to October 1993, February to April 1994, January to April 1995, and October to December 1995 revealed progressive disease threats, furthered training of the VHWs, and replenished medical supplies. When the second wave of cholera came up the Chambira, the VHWs were ready to give oral rehydration solutions and tetracycline to the sick. Only one fatal case was reported from the VHW villages after that outbreak.

70. Global Weekends | American Museum Of Natural History The screening will be followed by a dialogue on “indigenous peoples and ReligiousFreedom. will feature music and dance of the Quechua peoples of peru. http://www.amnh.org/programs/special/global/?src=p_h

71. Indigenous People Of Peru - Bibliography The indigenous Population and the construction of Democracy in peru. trans.Charles Roberts. indigenous peoples and Democracy in Latin America. ed. http://www2.truman.edu/~b1257/biblio.html

Home Cultural Tradition Economic Status Political Power ... Race and Ethnicity in Latin America Bibliography "A Murky Democratic Dawn in Post-Fujimori Peru." Economist 359, no. 8216 (7 April 2001), 37+. Babb, Florence. Between Field and Cooking Pot . Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. Bolin, Inge. Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. Central Intelligence Agency. "Peru." The World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pe.html "Peru." Discovery.Com http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozgeography/p/411220.html Davies, Thomas M. Indian Integration in Peru Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1970. Fairly, Jan. "Folk, Popular and Dance Music." The Cambridge Enclyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean , 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Fernandez, Ricardo Valderrama and Carmen Escalante Gutierrez, ed.

72. ICT [2003/12/30]  Peruvian Proposes Partnerships Of Indigenous Peoples indigenous people, especially in Latin America, don t trust foreigners if they This past October he spent three weeks touring nine communities in peru http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1072818202

73. BGCI - New Potato Deal In Peru Signposts Global Drive To Open Up Food Genebanks in a conservation potato park in southern peru where indigenous peoples can Though excluded and often oppressed today, indigenous peoples are the http://www.bgci.org.uk/news/Peru_potato.html

BOTANIC GARDENS CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL SEARCH: Botanic Gardens Plant Conservation Discovering Plants Education Get Involved Events Links File Library Whole website BGCI ONLINE Select a regional site Africa Argentina Canada China India Japan Russia United States Worldwide Home Latest News Botanic Gardens Plant Conservation ... Jobs New Potato Deal in Peru Signposts Global Drive to Open Up Food Genebanks to Indigenous Peoples News release date: 18 January 2005 Related news stories Vavilov–Frankel Fellowships 2006 Tracking Sandalwood by Satellite Hoodia Deal Bears Fruit UK Horticultural Code of Practice for Great Britain launched by Defra ... 'Other News' archive The Peruvian potato is helping to drive forward global policy thinking about how to return control over homegrown agricultural resources to indigenous populations. A new agreement, the first of its kind in the world, means that Andean communities can unlock the potato genebank and repatriate biological diversity to farming communities and the natural environment for local and global benefit. The initiative will be conducted in a conservation "potato park" in southern Peru where indigenous peoples can access genetic resources and have a greater say in their management. Though excluded and often oppressed today, indigenous peoples are the traditional custodians of biodiversity and this agreement restores these rights whilst recognising that "the conservation, sustainable use and development of maximum agrobiodiversity is of vital importance in order to improve the nutrition, health and other needs of the growing global population."

74. "the People's Paths!" Articles - Indigenous People's Declaration We, the indigenous peoples, have historically played an active role in theconservation of Alejandro Argumedo, peru indigenous Knowledge Program http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/Articles2000/IFOIP000913Declaration.htm

NLThomas Indigenous People's Declaration "First International Forum On Climate Change" Choose ( English OR Espanol As provided by Marie-Danielle Samuel the People's Voice ~ Wednesday, September 13, 2000 ENGLISH: Declaration of the First International Forum Of Indigenous People On Climate Change, Lyon, France September 4-6, 2000 Introduction We, the Indigenous Peoples, have historically played an active role in the conservation of eco-systems crucial to the prevention of climate change such as forests, wetlands and coastal and marine areas. Long ago, our sciences foretold of the severe impacts of Western "development" models based on indiscriminate clear-cutting, oil exploitation, mining, carbon-emitting industries, permanent organic pollutants and the insatiable consumption of the industrialized countries. Today, these unsustainable models threaten the very life of Mother Earth and the lives of all of us who are her children. The scientists of Western society have dismissed us as sentimental and superstitious and accused us of being an obstacle to development. Paradoxically, those that previously turned deaf ears to our warnings, now are dismayed because their own model of "development' endangers our Mother Earth. At long last, the international community has been forced to recognize that climate change threatens the very survival of humanity. Despite the recognition of our role in preventing global warming, when it comes time to sign international conventions like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, once again, our right to participate in national and international discussions that directly affect our Peoples and territories is denied.

75. Mythology's Mything Links For Latin America: South America's Andean Peoples (Per indigenous peoples of LATIN AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA. Andean peoples Ecuador,peru, Bolivia northern Chile. peru Neighboring Countries http://www.mythinglinks.org/ip~peru.html

MYTHING LINKS Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D. GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES of LATIN AMERICA: SOUTH AMERICA Andean Peoples: Map from Lonely Planet Author's Note: The Andean origin myths begin with Lake Titicaca on the border between Bolivia and Peru. So we too will begin there, high on the Andean plateau, 12,500 feet above the sea, where blue waters, rock and winds all touch and intermingle..... Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca's Island of the Sun (From The Mountain Institute : also see below) http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/anthro/lost_tribes/aymara/aymara.html This is an excellent 8-page excerpt by Alan Kolata from his book, Valley of the Spirits: a Journey into the Lost Realm of the Aymara (1996). It is a well written, carefully researched report on variant versions of the origination myth of the creator god, Viracocha, who rose from the waters of Lake Titicaca and from there designed all of creation. If you love lore, don't miss this one. http://www.mountain.org/text/isleofsun.html This brief, but beautifully photographed (images are clickable) site on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Sun comes from West Virginia's prestigious The Mountain Institute (some of their work is sponsored by the National Geographic Society): Deified by the Tiahuanaco culture, Titicaca is still honored today as a sacred site connected to Viracocha, the Inca creator deity associated with mountain cults and water.

76. Anglican Journal -- Canadian Natives’ Expertise Sought By Indigenous Groups Monica McKay (centre) represented the indigenous peoples development partnership agreement with indigenous peoples living near the Amazon River in peru. http://anglicanjournal.com/126/05/canada02.html

Canadian Natives’ expertise sought by indigenous groups SOLANGE DE SANTIS STAFF WRITER Indigenous groups from Central and South America are looking to the expertise of Canada's Aboriginals to help them develop their business know-how and post-secondary education. This good-news story might surprise non-indigenous Canadians accustomed to hearing about Natives only in association with residential school lawsuits or in connection with high suicide rates, drug and alcohol addiction and high unemployment. Representing the Wilp Wilxo'oskwhl Nisga'a in Peru were Deanna Nyce, Irene Seguin and Bertram McKay. Monica McKay (centre) represented the indigenous peoples development subcommittee of the Primate's Fund. [ PHOTO BY JOSE ZARATE ] The Nisga'a, who live in British Columbia's Nass River Valley, have signed a partnership agreement with indigenous peoples living near the Amazon River in Peru. They will help the Confederation of Amazon Nationalities of Peru (representing 200,000 people) develop a post-secondary educational program so they can begin exploiting their own natural resources, rather than watch transnational corporations walk away with all the profits. The Nuu-chah-nulth, who live near Nanaimo, B.C., have signed an agreement with a Mexican indigenous organization. The Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation will share their expertise in economic development with the Indigenous Council of the Huastec Region of Veracruz. Indigenous groups there produce some high quality products but lack the markets or know-how to sell them.

77. Indigenous People, Law, And Politics In Peru A paper by Joanna Drzewieniecki prepared for delivery at the Meeting of the LatinAmerican Studies Association. http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/lasa95/drz.html

Indigenous People, Law, and Politics in Peru Joanna Drzewieniecki State University of New York at Buffalo Prepared for delivery at the Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association Washington, D.C., September 28-30, 1995 Introduction Indigenous people and the law is a relatively new and fascinating topic in Andean studies. In the last fifteen years, an increasing number of investigators have begun to investigate the use of national law by indigenous people, and, more recently, interest in indigenous and peasant law has also increased. The results of this research by historians, anthropologists, and legal scholars have now provided sufficient information to permit the elaboration of a preliminary theoretical framework for understanding the use of legal mechanisms by indigenous people in the Andes. This paper proposes such a framework based on an historical structural analysis of modes of conflict resolution employed by indigenous communities and their members in Peru between 1821 and 1968. It identifies the major variables that affected indigenous conflict resolution in this period and advances a series of hypotheses about the major interrelationships between these variables. Finally, given that research on these topics is still in its preliminary stages, a number of suggestions are made regarding fruitful avenues for future research.

78. Global Greengrants Fund :: Grants :: Grantee Profiles peru indigenous Machiguenga People Work to Influence Camisea Pipeline by AliciaDavis, Greengrants Intern. November 13, 2003 http://www.greengrants.org/grantstories.php?news_id=12

79. Peru | MADRE: An International Women's Human Rights Organization CHIRAPAQ (The Center for indigenous People s Culture of peru) was formed 1986 inAyacucho, peru by a group of Andian and Amonzonian women. http://www.madre.org/sister/Peru.html

@import "/common/madre2.css"; Home About Programs Articles ... Print Text size: A A A MADRE's Sister Organizations Colombia Cuba Guatemala Haiti ... Get emails with the latest news and analysis from MADRE Search the MADRE site! © CHIRAPAQ MADRE's Sister Organizations in Peru CHIRAPAQ CHIRAPAQ (The Center for Indigenous Peoples' Cultures of Peru) was formed 1986 in Ayacucho, Peru by a group of Andian and Amonzonian women. Their goal was to increase cultural representation of Indigenous Peoples, defend Indigenous rights and strengthen Indigenous identities in their communities. Today, CHIRAPAQ investigates violations of Indigenous Peoples' rights, offers women and youth human rights trainings and works to document and preserve Indigenous culture. The organization also works to eradicate poverty and hunger in the Andean region through community self-help programs that increase self-sufficiency and access to food and expand the community's economic base. Related Materials Country Overview: Peru MADRE Programs in Peru MADRE Critiques the UN Millennium Development Goals Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Resources ... UN expert concerned US-Peru free trade accord could deprive poor of medicine (UN News) Peruvian Women Denounce Economic Social Cultural Rights Violations (Gabriela de Cicco, AWID)

80. Amazon Alliance - Amazon Update: September 2000, No. 61 The Amazon Alliance for indigenous and Traditional peoples of the Amazon Basinis an initiative born out of the partnership between indigenous and http://www.amazonalliance.org/upd_sep00_en.html

Amazon Update: September 2000 No. 61 In Brief: Alliance Office News PERU: INDIGENOUS LEADERS CONSULT WITH GOVERNMENT ON FOREST REGULATIONS The Inter-Ethnic Development Association of the Peruvian Amazon (AIDESEP) is in a process of consultation with government officials regarding regulations for the new Forest Law. AIDESEP's proposals aim to ensure their continued participation in the process and protect indigenous communities' right to exclusively use, manage, and benefit from forest resources within their territories. The Association also seeks to incorporate into the regulations internationally recognized safeguards for the protection of indigenous rights such as requirements for prior consultation regarding forest concessions in indigenous territories. For more information, contact AIDESEP at aidesep@chavin.rcp.net.pe. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE IN CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS PERU: INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES EVICT ILLEGAL MINERS FROM THEIR TERRITORIES Amazon Alliance Brazil Working Group Work Plan 2000-2001 On August 28-29th, the Brazil Working Group of the Amazon Alliance met in Brasilia to plan Working Group events for the coming year and to strategize about how to make their work most effective. Below is a summary of their plans for the coming year. Campaign on the Forest Code and Indigenous Statute. * Create lobbying commission to strategically participate in Congressional discussions in October and November. * Mobilize Amazonian communities to come to Brasilia during the discussions and for the vote. Case against Brazilian government for the recurring crimes against indigenous and extractivist communities. Continue campaign for the creation of extractive reserves. For a more detailed account of the meeting and a copy of the full report, please contact the Amazon Alliance coordinating office or the Conselho Nacional dos Seringueiros at cns@brnet.com.br.

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