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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.”
INFORMATION
ABOUT EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES IN THE AMAZON REGION
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/
LINKS
TO INFORMATION ON THE DRUG WAR AND US POLICY IN COLOMBIA
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.
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