The network
The Alto 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:
Chitonahua
Huni Kuin/Kaxinawá
Katukina
Kuntanawa
Sharanawa
Apolima
Arara
Asháninka
Ashéninka
Amahuaca
Nawa
Nukini
Puyanawa
Yaminahua/Jaminawa
Yanesha
Member Organizations
Regional Organization AIDESEP Ucayali (ORAU)
Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Juruá River (OPIRJ)
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)
Upper Amazon Conservancy (UAC)
Yorenka Tasorentsi Institute (IYT)
ABSAT Project / University of Richmond
Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC)
Allies
Environmental Association of the Ashéninka Community / Pocharipankoky Pikiyaco / Yurúa (AACAPPY)
Conexión Cipó
Conservation International (CI-Peru)
Federation of Native Communities of the Province of Puerto Inca (FECONAPIA)
Federation of Native Communities of Purús (FECONAPU)
Organization of Native Communities of the District of Tahuania (ORDECONADIT)
Alto Purús National Park
Murunahua Indigenous Reserve
