Statement from Kichwa Indigenous People opposing exclusionary conservation and REDD in the Cordillera Azul National Park, Peru
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On 1 July 2021, the Indigenous Kichwa community of Puerto Franco held a press conference to announce that the community is taking the Peruvian Government and the Cordillera Azul National Park to court. The community’s complaint is that the Peruvian State imposed an exclusionary conservation area and a REDD carbon trading scheme on their lands, without their consent. The state has also failed to title their traditional lands.
Statement from Kichwa Indigenous People opposing exclusionary conservation and REDD in the Cordillera Azul National Park, Peru
Statement from Kichwa Indigenous People…
Statement from Kichwa Indigenous People opposing exclusionary conservation and REDD in the Cordillera Azul National Park, Peru
On 1 July 2021, the Indigenous Kichwa community of Puerto Franco held a press conference to announce that the community is taking the Peruvian Government and the Cordillera Azul National Park to court. The community’s complaint is that the Peruvian State imposed an exclusionary conservation area and a REDD carbon trading scheme on their lands, without their consent. The state has also failed to title their traditional lands.