The network
The Juruá / Yurúa / Alto Tamaya Transboundary Commission works alongside a diverse network of allied organizations and communities in Peru and Brazil. These alliances strengthen the collective defense of territories, forests, and Amazonian cultures. At least 14 Indigenous peoples inhabit the territories between the state of Acre in Brazil and the department of Ucayali in Peru. The following peoples are part of the Transboundary Commission:
Sharanawa
Nawa
Nukini
Apolima
Arara
Asháninka
Puyanawa
Yaminahua/Jaminawa
Yanesha
Allies
Ashéninka
Amahuaca
Chitonahua
Huni Kuin/Kaxinawá
Katukina
Kuntanawa
Member Organizations
ABSAT Project / University of Richmond
Asháninka Association of the Amônia River (APIWTXA)
Association of Native Communities for the Integral Development of Yurúa (ACONADIYSH)
Association of Rubber Tappers and Farmers of the Alto Juruá Extractive Reserve (ASAREAJ)
Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC)
Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Juruá River (OPIRJ)
Pro-Indigenous Commission of Acre (CPI-AC)
Regional Organization AIDESEP Ucayali (ORAU)
Alto Purús National Park
Environmental Association of the Ashéninka Community / Pocharipankoky Pikiyaco / Yurúa (AACAPPY)
Conexão Cipó
Conservation International (CI-Peru)
Federation of Native Communities of the Province of Puerto Inca (FECONAPIA)
Federation of Native Communities of Purús (FECONAPU)
Murunahua Indigenous Reserve
Organization of Native Communities of the District of Tahuania (ORDECONADIT)