The entire northeast corner of Ecuador was once inhabited by the A’i Cofán people, but the population has dwindled as the land has been fragmented by development. Protecting their land is a constant, sometimes dangerous, struggle. But there may be a glimmer of hope in the form of the largest-ever public-private partnership that invests in protecting the forest.
The entire northeast corner of Ecuador was once inhabited by the A’i Cofán people, but the population has dwindled as the land has been fragmented by development. Protecting their land is a constant, sometimes dangerous, struggle. But there may be a glimmer of hope in the form of the largest-ever public-private partnership that invests in protecting the forest.
Quito, Mar 7 (EFE).- Colombia’s Fany Kuiru is the first woman elected to head the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (Coica), the world’s largest indigenous confederation, amid deep division and conflict within the Quito-based organization and with Ecuador’s Tuntiak Katan also claiming to be its leader. Amid this great internal tension within …