Peru recognizes five protected isolated indigenous peoples
Representatives of the Amazon’s indigenous peoples welcomed Peru’s recognition of five isolated peoples on Wednesday. An archive will be created to protect them.
Gregorio Mirabal, President of the Coordinating Organization of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (Coiga) in Lima on September 6, 2022.
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“We welcome this (recognition), but it is not enough if the respect and rights of indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation are not used,” said Venezuela’s head of the coordination committee, Gregorio Mirabal, AFP. Told Indigenous Organizations in the Amazon Basin (Coiga). .
The Peruvian government recognizes the existence and rights of the Eva, Taushiro, Takeri, Taromenane, and Jabarro peoples who live or travel along the Ecuadorian border, in the jungles of northern Peru, between the Napo River and its tributaries, the Arabela and Curare. According to a decree published this weekend in the official gazette.
Julio Cusurici, president of the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Jungle (IDECEP), welcomed the “very important” decision, “after many years” of requests for recognition.
“There are about 14 indigenous Amazonian people living in isolation in the regions of Loreto, Ucayali, Madre de Dios, and there are also people who cross the borders of Brazil and Ecuador,” said the Peruvian native leader. Dios Region (South East). He said there is “no exact number of people” that make up this population.
The recognition of these five isolated indigenous peoples is the first step towards the creation of a reserve located in the provinces of Loreto and Menas in the Department of Loreto in northern Peru. In Peru, there are 10 indigenous reserves, of which only five are recognized by the authorities.
According to the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, the created indigenous reserve will guarantee the protection of rights, habitats and conditions that ensure the existence and integrity of these isolated peoples. “In the Amazon there are about 511 tribes with 500 different languages, while 200 isolated peoples live on the borders of nine Amazonian countries,” recalls the head of Coiga.
At the 5th Indigenous Peoples Summit on Tuesday, indigenous leaders of the Amazon people warned that 26% of the planet’s green lung ecosystems are being irreversibly destroyed due to deforestation, drug trafficking and water pollution. They also condemned the massacre of more than 280 Amazonian defenders and leaders in nine countries covered by this enormous tropical forest.
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