AMAZON FRONTLINES
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Organizations Filed Purposes: AMAZON FRONTLINES HELPS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WORK TOGETHER TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY, LAWS, MEDIA, CLEAN ENERGY, THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, AND THEIR FOREST KNOWLEDGE TO PROTECT THEIR WAY OF LIFE, THEIR LANDS, AND OUR CLIMATE.

AMAZON FRONTLINES DEFENDS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO LAND, LIFE AND CULTURAL SURVIVAL IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST.

TERRITORY: IN 2019, AMAZON FRONTLINES WON A LANDMARK LAWSUIT IN SUPPORT OF THE WAORANI PEOPLE TO PROTECT THEIR LANDS FROM OIL, RESULTING IN THE CANCELLING OF THE AUCTION OF OIL BLOCK 22, PROTECTING 500,000 ACRES OF THEIR RAINFOREST AND SETTING A HISTORIC LEGAL PRECEDENT FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO PRIOR CONSULTATION AND SELF-DETERMINATION. IN ADDITION, WE SUPPORTED THE KOFAN OF SINANGOE TO LEGALLY PUSH FOR COMPLIANCE BY THE ECUADORIAN STATE WITH THEIR 2018 LEGAL VICTORY CANCELLING 52 GOLD MINING CONCESSIONS AND PROTECTING 79,000 ACRES OF FOREST. WITH THE KOFAN, WE ALSO LAUNCHED A MAPPING PROCESS AS THE FIRST MAJOR STEP TO RECOVER 87,000 ACRES OF ANCESTRAL LAND. WE HELPED BRING THE SIONA OF BUENAVISTA'S CASE BEFORE THE IACHR IN A SECOND HEARING IN BOLIVIA, NEGOTIATED A BENCHMARK AGREEMENT WITH THE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE SIONA'S LAND PATROL AND COMMUNITY SECURITY FOR THE 2019 YEAR. THIS YEAR WE HELPED THE SECOYA NATION OF PERU SECURE TITLE TO 120,000 ACRES AND UNLOCK ADMINISTRATIVE HURDLES FOR THE FUTURE TITLING OF 500,000 MORE ACRES. WE TRAINED A FOUR-COMMUNITY SIONA LAND PATROL IN THE BIODIVERSE CUYBENO RESERVE THAT DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE ON ILLEGAL POACHING AND DENOUNCED 5 ILLEGAL SETTLERS IN THEIR ANCESTRAL TERRITORY. AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM WE LAUNCHED THE LEGAL RIGHTS DEFENDERS LAW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THREE INDIGENOUS STUDENTS TO STUDY TO BECOME HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS.

CULTURE: IN 2019, AMAZON FRONTLINES CONTINUED TO LEAD ACTIVITIES TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR WOMEN LEADERS THROUGH TRAININGS, WORKSHOPS AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. WE SUPPORTED FOUR COMMUNITY-LED MICROENTERPRISES: CHOCOLATE PRODUCTION WITH THE WAORANI NATION, BROWN SUGAR PRODUCTION WITH THE SIONA NATION, TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFT AND CLOTHING PRODUCTION WITH THE KOFAN NATION, AND THE PRODUCTION OF BLACK CHILI SAUCE WITH WOMEN OF THE SECOYA NATION. WE ALSO SUPPORTED ONGOING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR WOMEN AND THE ACTIVITIES OF TWO WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE LEADING INCOME-GENERATING SOCIO-AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE RECOVERY OF PLANT MEDICINES AND TRADITIONAL HEALING SYSTEMS THAT HAVE HELPED CREATE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. IN SUPPORT OF CULTURAL REVIVAL, WE CONTINUED OUR WORK IN EDUCATION AND CULTURAL REVIVAL INITIATIVES WITH A FOCUS ON CONNECTING INDIGENOUS YOUTH WITH THEIR CULTURAL ROOTS, LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND EACH OTHER AS A CRITICAL SAFEGUARD TOWARD LONG-TERM RAINFOREST PROTECTION. WE WORKED TO FORTIFY INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE-SYSTEMS, REVAMP INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, RECOVER TRADITIONAL CEREMONIAL PRACTICES AND MEDICINAL PLANTS AND AMPLIFY INDIGENOUS FILMS AND DIGITAL-STORYTELLING. WE SUPPORTED ONGOING ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE SKILL-SHARING WORKSHOPS BETWEEN ELDERS AND YOUTH, SO THAT YOUTH WILL KEEP ALIVE ANCIENT AMAZONIAN PRACTICES, INCLUDING THE USE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS, HANDICRAFT MAKING, WEAVING, CERAMICS, SONGS AND STORIES. WE CONTINUED TO BUILD OUT A PROJECT TO RECOVER THE SACRED YOCO VINE THROUGH COMMUNITY NURSERIES AND REFORESTATION PROJECTS. WE ALSO BEGAN WORKING WITH INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION EXPERTS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP A PILOT INITIATIVE FOR INDIGENOUS EDUCATION THAT CAN SERVE AS AN AMAZON-WIDE MODEL TO BE LAUNCHED IN 2020. AS PART OF OUR STORYTELLING INITIATIVE, WE CONTINUED TO LEAD WORKSHOPS FOR DOZENS OF INDIGENOUS YOUTH, IN WHICH YOUTH LEARN FILMMAKING TECHNIQUES AND HOW TO USE DIGITAL PLATFORMS TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES AND SHARE THESE STORIES WITH A GLOBAL AUDIENCE. WE ACCOMPANIED TWO FORMER STUDENTS OF THIS TRAINING PROGRAM TO BOLIVIA TO DOCUMENT THE IMPACTS OF THE DEVASTATING AMAZON FIRES IN 2019. THESE STUDENTS ARE NOW EDITING THIS FOOTAGE INTO A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE FIRES.

SOLUTIONS: AMAZON FRONTLINES' SOLUTIONS WORK LARGELY INVOLVES PROJECTS TO PROVIDE CLEAN WATER AND SOLAR ENERGY TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WHILE ALSO PROVIDING LEADERSHIP BUILDING FOR ON-THE-GROUND PARTNERS. IN 2019, THE ORGANIZATION MET ITS GOAL OF PROVIDING ALL 1,100 OIL IMPACTED FAMILIES OF THE KOFAN, SIONA, WAORANI AND SECOYA NATIONS WITH CLEAN WATER. TO DATE, THE WATER PROGRAM HAS RESULTED IN 1,164 WATER SYSTEMS BEING INSTALLED TO BENEFIT 6,182 PEOPLE. TRAINED AND EMPLOYED 82 INDIGENOUS WATER TECHNICIANS. IN 2019 AMAZON FRONTLINES CONCENTRATED EFFORTS ON IMPLEMENTING A PLAN TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR DAMAGED SYSTEMS, AND CARRY OUT WATER QUALITY TESTING, TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF THE RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS. TO DATE, AMAZON FRONTLINES AND PARTNERS HAVE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED 121 SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS IN 16 ROADLESS VILLAGES. AS PART OF THE PROGRAM WE HAVE HELPED TRAIN 10 SOLAR TECHNICIANS, WHO ARE NOW EMPLOYED TO MAINTAIN THESE SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AMAZON FRONTLINES PRIORITIZES TRAINING AND CORE CAPACITY FOR INDIGENOUS YOUTH LEADERS, PROVIDING THEM WITH THE SKILLS, TOOLS AND NETWORKS THEY NEED TO LEAD THEIR PEOPLE AND PROTECT THEIR HOMELANDS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. BY BUILDING ORGANIZING CENTERS LIKE THE CEIBO ALLIANCE, PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO PROMISING INDIGENOUS POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS, LAUNCHING TRAINING PROGRAMS AND UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS TO SHAPE A NEW GENERATION OF INDIGENOUS LAWYERS, GEOGRAPHERS, ACCOUNTANTS AND JOURNALISTS, WE ARE ENSURING THAT YOUNG LEADERS ARE PREPARED TO CONFRONT MODERN THREATS. IN 2019 WE PRIORITIZED ONGOING LEADERSHIP AND CAPACITY BUILDING WITH CEIBO ALLIANCE STAFF AND LEADERSHIP, THROUGH ACCOMPANIMENT AND HANDS-ON-TRAINING IN WORK PLANNING, BUDGETING, REPORTING TO FOUNDATIONS, USING DIGITAL TOOLS (EMAIL, GOOGLE SUITE, MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE, AND MORE), AND SUPPORTING DIRECT PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN CEIBO ALLIANCE AND INTERNATIONAL NGOS AND FOUNDATIONS.

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