Indigenous Peoples' Struggles

Bulletin articles 26 February 2024

Peru: Resistance and community organization for the defense of the rainforest

Indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon Basin have created a network to defend their rights to territory and self-determination. Their struggle is not only against deforestation, but also against conservation and carbon market projects—such as REDD projects—that cause more injustice and internal conflicts.

Bulletin articles 25 October 2023

Struggle and Hope for a World Without Oil

In this editorial, at a time in which elites and oil companies continue to cling to the power and profit derived from fossil fuels, we would like to acknowledge the contribution that the Ecuadorian people have made to the world in the fight for territories free of oil exploitation.

Bulletin articles 30 August 2016

The Quechua-lamas vision of medicinal plants: a lesson from the high-altitude forests of Peru

Modern people usually refer to medicinal plants as resources at the service of humans. This way of referring to them does not seem to be universal. The Quechua-lamas of the Amazon foothills regard plants as people, even more, they treat them as if they were a living community.