Tomorrow afternoon, Land is Life will convene a panel discussion featuring Alicia Cahuiya (Leader of the Waorani Nation of Ecuador), Maria Quispe (Executive Director of Wataniba), Brian Keane (Rapporteur of the Permanent Forum), and Antenor Vaz (Expert on Peoples Living in Isolation from Brazil). The panel will discuss the findings of a report featured in the BBC today, which details the current situation and potential threats to the lands and territories of Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation in the Amazon and El Chaco regions. The report was developed with contributions from 10 Indigenous organizations from the region. It 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. The report additionally analyses the opportunities to protect the lives of community members and biocultural diversity of their lands and territories.
