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COICA was founded in 1984 and is the umbrella organisation of the indigenous federations of the Amazon Basin countries. It advocates for indigenous peoples’ rights of 511 nationalities and groups that live in the Basin which include close to 100 uncontacted communities. COICA is the lead organization advancing the Amazonia for Life: 80% Protection by 2025-2030 campaign.
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Member organisations of COICA:
Sign COICA's declaration to protect
80% of Amazonia by 2025-30
The Initiative 'Amazonia for Life 80% by 2025-2030' seeks to avert the tipping point in the largest forest on the planet. The indigenous peoples across the basin and allies are raising their voices to make a call to protect the Amazonia and safeguard our future.
COICA and Stand.earth co-coordinate a steering committee dedicated to advancing the 80×25 vision and is working in partnership with Amazon Watch, OneEarth, IntAct, RAISG, AVAAZ, Artists for Amazonia, and NooWorld.
This initiative is working to help build a worldwide shift in awareness and advocacy around protecting 80% of the Amazon by 2025-2030 — the level science says is necessary to avoid catastrophic tipping points that would transform the Amazon biome as we know it. And the moment is urgent — we are now just two percent away from that threshold.
Cuencas Sagradas Amazonicas
The Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative
The Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative is building a shared vision among indigenous peoples, NGOs, the philanthropic community, social entrepreneurs and governments towards establishing a bi-national protected region – off-limits to industrial scale resource extraction, and governed in accordance with traditional indigenous principles of cooperation and harmony that foster a mutually enhancing human-Earth relationship.
The Initiative is led by Amazonian indigenous federations CONFENIAE (Ecuador), AIDESEP (Peru), ORPIO, and COICA, in partnership with Pachamama Alliance, and Fundación Pachamama.
