Indigenous association for development in the Peruvian rainforest
The Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP), German: Indigenous Association for Development in the Peruvian Rainforest , is an association of social organizations from the Peruvian Amazon region.
The association with offices in Santa Catarina was founded in 1980. Today 57 regional and local organizations from the Amazon region are united in it. It represents 1,350 communities and thus 350,000 indigenous people in the region. Their languages belong to 16 different language families. Its current president is Alberto Pizango .
history
In the early 1970s, a representative movement of the indigenous people living there emerged in the Peruvian Amazon region. The first attempts at independent organization were defense mechanisms against the intrusion of settlers and companies for the extraction of raw materials. Organizations initially emerged at local and community level, and later also at regional level. The emergence of the first indigenous organizations in Peru was also facilitated by the Ley de Comunidades Nativas law passed in 1974 , in which, among other things, Article 11 stipulated: "The territorial property of the indigenous communities is non-transferable, non- statute-barred and non-attachable". The initiators of this movement were the ethnic groups of the Asháninka with their organization Central de Comunidades Nativas de la Selva Central (CECONSEC), the Shipibo with their organization Federación de Comunidades Nativas de Ucayali (FECONAU) and the Awajun with their organization Consejo Aguaruna y Huambisa (CAH ). These three peoples founded the Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana - AIDESEP , at the beginning of the 1980s . The founding president was the human rights activist and environmentalist Evaristo Nugkuag .
organization structure
The association is headed by a Consejo Nacional (German: Nationalrat), consisting of a president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary and assessor. The Consejo Nacional is elected every three years by a national assembly, in which the representatives of all indigenous organizations of the Peruvian Amazon take part. The Consejo Nacional Ampliado (German: extended National Council), which is composed of representatives from every regional indigenous organization, meets every six months . The most important decisions about the political path of the organization are made in these assemblies.
aims
The organization campaigns for indigenous rights and the recognition of territories at the national level. Her goals include:
- Representation of the interests of all indigenous peoples of the Amazon
- Preservation and development of the cultural identity, their territories and the values of every indigenous people in the Amazon
- Strengthening the self-determination of the indigenous peoples within the framework of Peruvian and international law
- Consolidation of human and sustainable development
- General support and consulting services as well as the realization of publications
Membership in umbrella organizations
The association is a member of the umbrella organization of the Coordinadora Permanente de Pueblos Indígenas del Perú (COPPIP) and of the regional umbrella organization of the indigenous Amazon peoples, Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA).
Individual evidence
- ↑ LA HISTORIA DE AIDESEP. (pdf; 285 kB) (No longer available online.) In: Publicaciones AIDESEP. Archived from the original on December 15, 2011 ; Retrieved June 16, 2009 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ley de Comunidades Nativas y de Promoción Agropecuaria de Regiones de Selva y Ceja de Selva. (pdf; 977 kB) In: Congreso de la República del Perú. June 24, 1974. Retrieved June 16, 2009 (Spanish).
- ↑ Consejo Nacional. In: AIDESEP. Retrieved June 10, 2009 (Spanish).
- ↑ Cooperation with indigenous peoples. (pdf) (No longer available online.) In: GTZ. October 2005, p. 13 , archived from the original on August 8, 2006 ; Retrieved June 10, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
