Land is Life Releases People’s Living in Voluntary Isolation regional report at Lima Convening
For over two years Land is Life has worked with 10 indigenous organizations and subject experts to support the development of a report on the situation facing Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation in the Amazon and El Chaco regions, as well as potential threats to their lands and territories. Today we are proud to release the results of this effort, the most comprehensive report on the topic in the past decade: Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation: Territories and development in the Amazon and El Chaco Regions – Regional Report. One of the report’s most critical findings is the identification and verification of more than double the number of indigenous groups living in voluntary isolation than previously formally recognized.
Land is Life is dedicated to supporting these populations as they confront the issues that impact their right to self-determination and protection of their lands and territories. In order to follow up on the success of the report and the urgency of these issues, Land is Life has gathered over 60 stakeholders, including contributors to the report and experts on the subject in Lima, Peru. This gathering is being held in anticipation of the upcoming IUCN III meeting on Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Protected Areas on October 14-17, 2019.
The report provides a clear overview of the status of land rights recognition for these groups, as well as maps that identify the extractive and development projects that threaten those lands and territories. It additionally offers an analysis of the existing opportunities to protect the lives of community members and the biocultural diversity of their lands and territories. We are pleased to share the final version of the report today and look forward to sharing the outcomes of the gathering this week, as well as supporting the working group as they begin to execute the agenda established together in Lima.
Land is Life sincerely thanks all of our partners and contributors to this critical report.
Read report: Land is life 25-septiembre-2019.
