Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Indigenous People's Organizations

The NGO/IPO-led Underlying Causes Initiative organized a regional workshop, which took place in Quito, Ecuador on 8 - 10 January 1999. The following are the findings of the studies carried out in the region.

For further information on this process, please contact the regional focal point: 
Habla hispana: Marcial Arias, International Alliance of Tribal-Indigenous Peoples of the Tropical Forests, Panama mag@orbi.net
English speaking: Sandy Gauntlett, Indigenous Research Institute - Auckland University, UK labourwest@xtra.co.nz

Some of the Case Studies presented at the workshop:

  • Asia, Thailand by Prasert Trakansuphakon (in Spanish)
  • Africa, Rwanda by Benon Mugarura (in Spanish)
  • Nordic Europe, Sami by Olof Johanson (in Spanish)
  • Amazonic Basin, Ecuador by CONFENIAE-COICA (in Spanish)
  • Southern Cone, Chile by Aucan Huilcaman (in Spanish)

Other studies and case studies (in Spanish)

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