Pachamama Alliance

THE MISSION OF THE PACHAMAMA ALLIANCE IS TO EMPOWER INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ON THE AMAZON RAINFOREST TO PRESERVE THEIR LANDS AND CULTURE AND, USING INSIGHTS GAINED FROM THAT WORK, TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE INDIVIDUALS EVERYWHERE TO BRING FORTH A THRIVING, JUST, AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

PROTECTING THE SOURCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOUTH AMERICALEGAL VICTORY FOR INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTSFUNDACIN PACHAMAMAS LEGAL TEAM SECURED A MAJOR VICTORY FOR TRADITIONAL INDIGNEOUS LAND RIGHTS IN NOVEMBER WHEN IT OBTAINED A PROTECTION ACTION FROM THE COURT OF THE PROVINCE OF PATAZA, OVERTURNING AN EARLIER ACTION BY THE ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT HAD ATTEMPTED A BROAD TRANSFER OF TRADITIONAL SPARA LAND RIGHTS TO SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES THAT WERE FRIENDLY TO GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR OIL DEVELOPMENT. THE GOVERNMENT ACTION WAS REJECTED BY THE PROVINCIAL COURT AND THE DECISION STRENGTHENS AN ALREADY STRONG PRECEDENT FOR FULL AND TRANSPARENT CONSULTATION WITH INDIGNEOUS PEOPLE REGARDING ANY ASPECT OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIAL LAND RIGHTS. BIO-ECONOMY PROJECT SUCCESSFUNDACIN PACHAMAMA GREATLY EXPANDED THE DIVERSITY AND SCOPE OF ECONOMIC PROJECTS BEING DEVELOPED IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE PASTAZA AND MORONA SANTIAGO PROVINCES IN ECUADOR. VANILLA PRODUCTION IS SHOWING GREAT PROMISE AS A SOURCE OF ECONOMIC RESILIENCE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED INVOLVING THE USE OF NATURAL PLANTS AND FORMULAS FOR COSMETIC AND MEDICINAL USE, BOTH INTERNALLY IN THE LNDIGNEOUS COMMUNITIES AND EXTERNALLY IN THE ECUADORIAN MARKET. AS A VALIDATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE PROJECTS, DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES FROM NORWAY, GERMANY, AND FRANCE ARE ALL NOW LOOKING TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS WITH FUNDACIN PACHAMAMA ON BIO-ECONOMY PROJECTS.ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BIO-ECONOMY PROJECTS IN THIS REGION IS ECO-TOURISM, WHICH WAS TOTALLY CLOSED BY COVID-19 FOR NEARLY 18 MONTHS. IN MID 2021, FUNDACIN PACHAMAMA WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HELP GET ECO-TOURISM OPERATING AGAIN IN ACHUAR TERRITORY AT KAPAWI ECO-LODGE AND IN SPARA TERRITORY AT THE NAKU PROJECT. IKIAMA NUKURITHE IKIAMA NUKURI PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SERVICES AND TEACHES SAFE BIRTHING PRACTICES, HAS ASSISTED NEARLY 2500 PREGNANCIES OVER THE PAST 9 YEARS. IKIAMA NUKURI COMPLETED ITS EXPANSION IN ACHUAR TERRITORY THIS PAST YEAR AND BEGAN PROVIDING SERVICES IN NEIGHBORING SHUAR COMMUNITIES. ALONG WITH 72 ACHUAR COMMUNITIES, ANOTHER 60 SHUAR COMMUNITIES ARE NOW SERVED BY THE PROJECT. THE 84 TRAINED WOMEN COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING THIS PAST YEAR THAT NOW ENABLE THEM TO PLAY LEADERSHIP ROLES IN A NUMBER OF THE COMMUNITY BIO-ECONOMY PROJECTS. THIS PAST YEAR, THE FIRST WORKSHOP DEALING WITH FAMILY ISSUESAND INCLUDING MENWAS INTRODUCED. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IN ECUADOR, AS WELL AS THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HAVE BOTH PUBLICLY ENDORSED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IKIAMA NUKURIS WORK WITH WOMEN AND FAMILIES AND ARE LOOKING TO FIND WAYS TO COLLABORATE.AMAZON SACRED HEADWATERS INITIATIVEA BIO-REGIONAL PLAN, OUTLINING A DETAILED 10-YEAR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE SACRED HEADWATERS REGION WAS INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC AND TO NEW GOVERNMENTS IN BOTH ECUADOR AND PERU. INITIAL RESPONSES FROM BOTH GOVERNMENTS WERE VERY POSITIVE.THE INITIATIVE AND THE BIO-REGIONAL PLAN WERE PRESENTED AT COP26, THE UN CLIMATE MEETINGS IN GLASGOW. THE INITIATIVE CREATED SIGNIFICANT INTEREST AS AN INNOVATIVE CLIMATE SOLUTION OF A MAGNITUDE TO MATCH OUR CURRENT CHALLENGES. A NUMBER OF NEW ALLIES STEPPED FORWARD WITH WHAT SHOULD DEVELOP INTO SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN 2022.ON THE GROUND IN ECUADOR AND PERU IN 2021, A SERIES OF POWERFUL AND VISIONARY MEETINGS WERE CONDUCTED BY THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO EDUCATE PARTICIPANTS ABOUT THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES OF THE BIO-REGIONAL PLAN. THE MEETINGS CREATED ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PLAN AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN THE GOVERNANCE OF THE SACRED HEADWATERS INITIATIVE. THE NUMBER OF INDIGENOUS LEADERS PARTICIPATING ON THE INITIATIVES MAIN GOVERNING COUNCIL INCREASED FROM 8 TO 20 MEMBERS.INSPIRING THE FUTURE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE WORLDAWAKENING THE DREAMERPACHAMAMA ALLIANCES FLAGSHIP PROGRAM REACHED OVER 4500 PEOPLE IN 2021. 91% OF PARTICIPANTS SAY THAT THE COURSE INCREASED THEIR MOTIVATION TO ACT ON BEHALF OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND 87% SAY THAT THE COURSE INCREASED THEIR MOTIVATION TO ACT ON BEHALF OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.GAME CHANGER INTENSIVETHE GAME CHANGER INTENSIVEAN 8-WEEK ONLINE COURSE THAT CATALYZES THE INNER WORK OF TRANSFORMATION AND PREPARES PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN EFFECTIVE COLLECTIVE ACTIONHAS REACHED OVER 7,500 PEOPLE FROM 80 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2021, THE COURSE WAS UPDATED TO INCLUDE AN INCREASED FOCUS ON CLIMATE JUSTICE AND ADDRESSING RACIAL INEQUALITY.RESILIENCE AND POSSIBILITYPACHAMAMA ALLIANCE CONTINUED TO OFFER THE RESILIENCE AND POSSIBILITY IN THESE TIMES SERIES OF ONLINE OFFERINGS TO SUPPORT US ALL IN STAYING CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER, TO A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, AND TO THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. IN 2021, THE PROGRAM ATTRACTED OVER 8,000 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE WORLD TO SOMATIC WORKSHOPS, SACRED RITUALS, AND DIALOGUES ENCOMPASSING BIOMIMICRY, REGENERATION, ANTI-RACISM, AND MORE.INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION TRAINING THE PACHAMAMA ALLIANCE TEAM SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 2 PILOT VERSIONS OF THE INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION TRAININGA 10-WEEK TRAINING WHICH FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING KEY SKILLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTION AND CLIMATE JUSTICE, GROUNDED IN A PROFOUND APPRECIATION FOR THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL LIFE. NEARLY 200 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD TOOK PART IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS OFFERED IN ENGLISH, JAPANESE, AND SPANISH. THE COMMUNITY CLIMATE JUSTICE PROJECTS THAT HAVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE: ENGAGING SCHOOL BOARDS AND CITY OFFICIALS TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS, GATHERING DEEDS TO RETURN LAND TO NATIVE PEOPLE, STARTING WATER AND REFORESTATION PROJECTS, AND STARTING A PROJECT TO SUPPORT YOUNG WOMEN WITH THEIR CLIMATE ACTIVISM, ENGAGING CITIES TO DECLARE CLIMATE EMERGENCY.