ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHOM WE COLLABORATE IN ECUADOR
The Pachamama Alliance
http://www.pachamama.org
"The mission of The Pachamama Alliance is to preserve the Earth's tropical rainforests by empowering the indigenous people who are its natural custodians and to contribute to the creation of a new global vision of equity and sustainability for all."

Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia (FDA)
http://www.ecuanex.net.ec/fda
“To defend the Amazon is to save the world” (site in Spanish)

Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES)
http://www.cdes.org.ec/
“Convinced that the changes the world needs require an active and involved civil society, CDES directs our activities to strengthening social movements...” (Spanish)

LINKS TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ ORGANIZATIONS
Amazon Alliance
http://amazonalliance.org/
“Works to defend the rights, territories and environment of indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon Basin. The Alliance is an initiative born out of the partnership between indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon and groups and individuals who share their concerns for the future of the Amazon and its peoples.” (English & Spanish)
Las Lianas has been a member of the Amazon Alliance since 1999.

The Coordinating Body of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Watershed (Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indigenas de la Cuenca Amazonica--COICA)
http://www.coica.org

The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE)
http://conaie.nativeweb.org
“Since its formation in 1986, CONAIE has led the Indigenous peoples of Ecuador from relative isolation to a position at center stage of Ecuadorian society. CONAIE is the representative body that guarantees Indigenous people the political voice that has too long been denied them, and that expresses their needs and goals within a rapidly changing world.” (English & Spanish)

The Confederation of the Nationalities indigenous to the Amazon of Ecuador (CONFENIAIE)
http://www.unii.net/confeniae/ (English & Spanish)

NativeWeb
http://www.nativeweb.org/
“NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving indigenous peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology.”
NativeWeb hosts sites of many indigenous organizations and has wonderful array of links.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT AMAZONIAN PEOPLES AND DEFEND THE AMAZONIAN ENVIRONMENT
Amazon Watch
http://www.amazonwatch.org/
“Amazon Watch works to defend the environment and rights of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin.”

Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org/
“Since it was founded in 1985, the Rainforest Action Network has been working to protect tropical rainforests and the human rights of those living in and around those forests.”

Oil Watch
http://www.oilwatch.org.ec/
“A network resisting oil development in the tropics.” Oilwatch has member organizations in over fifty countries with links to many of them on the site.
 
SUIT AGAINST CHEVRON-TEXACO—ECUADOR
In Ecuador, group of indigenous peoples and mestizo settlers are suing Chevron Texaco for massive environmental damage in the Ecuador’s Amazon region. For more information, see:

http://www.texacorainforest.org/
(Website created by Frente para la Defensa de la Amazonia (FDA)

http://www.chevrontoxico.com/
(Website created by Amazon Watch)

CAMISEA NATURAL GAS PROJECT—PERU

The following organizations and sites offer information and additional links to this major energy project in eastern Peru in an area of high biodiversity inhabited by indigenous peoples.

Oxfam America
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/advocacy/art681.html

Amazon Watch
http://www.amazonwatch.org/amazon/PE/camisea/

Amazon Alliance
http://www.amazonalliance.org/Camisea/main.htm

Friends of the Earth
http://www.foe.org/camps/intl/institutions/camisea.htm

Government of Peru’s official website for the Camisea Project
http://www.camisea.com.pe/

The Center for International Policy
www.ciponline.org/colombia/
"The Center for International Policy offers a comprehensive source of information and analysis about peaceful efforts to end Colombia's conflict and the United States' increasing military involvement."

Latin America Working Group (LAWG)
www.lawg.org./countries/colombia/intro.htm
“The Latin America Working Group is one of the nation's longest standing coalitions dedicated to foreign policy. The Latin America Working Group and its sister organization, the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, carry out the coalition's mission to encourage US policies towards Latin America that promote human rights, justice, peace and sustainable development. As a coalition, LAWG represents the interests of over 60 major religious, humanitarian, grassroots and policy organizations to decision makers in Washington. We are a trusted voice in Congress, and provide reliable guidance to policymakers who want their decisions to be grounded in human rights.”

Amazon Alliance
http://amazonalliance.org/aerialeradicationinformation.html
Site offers reviews & critiques by independent scientists of US State Department’s report on aerial herbicide spraying in Colombia. (See links to Indigenous peoples’ organizations, above, for blurb on the Amazon Alliance).

Witness for Peace
http://www.witnessforpeace.org/sites/colombia.html
“Working for human rights, peace, justice, and sustainable economies through socially responsible travel, personal experience, popular education, and grassroots activism.”

Transnational Institute
http://www.tni.org/drugs/
Site includes a wide range of reports in English & Spanish on drugs & conflict; biological and chemical herbicides used in the war on drugs; United Nations drug control; drug policy reform; and more.

Project Censored
United States’ Policies in Colombia Support Mass Murder—under-reported stories of 2003, story # 3.
http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2003/3.html
This overview of US policies in Colombia highlights a report by Rachel Massey (Las Lianas’ Colombia Coordinator) published in Rachel’s Environment & Health News. Project Censored selected this story as their third most important news story out of close to one thousand nominations in 2003.

Solidaridad Colombia
http://www.westernmassafsc.org/colombia/
“Solidaridad Colombia is a community of western Massachusetts residents dedicated to supporting peace efforts in Colombia and solidarity actions across the US. We do not support any armed actors.” Site includes information on events and actions both locally in western Massachusetts and nationally.