Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROTECT & SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES & TRADITIONAL POPULATIONS OF THE RAINFOREST IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THEIR ENVIRONMENT & DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS, TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, & TO CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT PRACTICES WHICH HAVE A DAMAGING EFFECT ON THEIR ENVIRONMENT.THE ORGANIZATION (ORG") CARRIES OUT ITS MISSION BY FUNDING PROGRAMS & PROJECTS AIMED AT SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND TRADITIONAL POPULATIONS OF THE RAINFOREST TO ASSERT & DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS, TO FIGHT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE DAMAGING EFFECTS ON THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND TO CARRY OUT VARIOUS PROJECTS PROMOTING THE GOVERNANCE & THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.THE ORG PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS IN THE FIELD UNDERTAKEN BY RELATED NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CALLED RAINFOREST FOUNDATION ("FDN") NORWAY, RAINFOREST FDN UK, & RAINFOREST FDN US; OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN THE FIELDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS & THE ENVIRONMENT CAN SEEK THE ORG'S SUPPORT.
TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND TRADITIONAL POPULATIONS OF THE RAINFOREST IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS, TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND TO CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT PRACTICES WHICH HAVE A DAMAGING EFFECT ON THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
ECUADOR - CEIBO ALLIANCE (THE TERRITORIAL DEFENSE INITIATIVE) -FOLLOWING FROM THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF THE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DEFENDERS' TRAINING, WHICH ALLOWED THEM IN EACH OF THEIR COMMUNITIES TO START A PROCESS OF STRATEGIC LITIGATION TO ADVANCE THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS, IN 2019 THEY INTEND TO BLOCK A GOLD RUSH IN THE ANCESTRAL KOFAN TERRITORY, TO HALT AN OIL AUCTION IN THE WAORIANI TERRITORY, TO DEMAND PROTECTION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, REMOVE BARRIERS TO INDIGENOUS LAND TITLES, AND RECOVER STOLEN RIGHTS TO INDIGENOUS LAND.
BRAZIL - INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DEFENDERS -INITIATED BY EQUIPE DE CONSERVCAO DA AMAZONIA (ECAM) AND MONITORED BY RAINFOREST FUND, THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON TRAINING THE DEFENDERS SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT LAWS AND PROCEDURES AND PREPARE FOR ANY SITUATIONS THEY MAY FACE. DUE TO THE NEW POLITICAL SCENE, THERE IS URGENCY IN HAVING KNOWLEDGEABLE DEFENDERS ASSIST THEIR COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN ENGAGING WITH LOCAL ACTORS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS. .
PANAMA - TITLING TAGARKUNYAL ANCESTRAL TERRITORY - INITIATED BY CONGRESO GENERAL DEL TERRITORIO ANCESTRAL TULE DE TAGARKUNYAL AND MONITORED BY RAINFOREST FOUNDATION UNITED STATES, THIS PROJECT AIMS AT INVOKING THE LAW 72/2008 FOR THE TITLING OF THEIR COLLECTIVE LAND, AND PREPARING A PROPOSAL FOR THE TITLE THROUGH GIS TECHNOLOGY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Athos Gontijo | FINANCIAL DIRECTOR | 14 | $62,874 |
| Jennifer Caplan | PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENT AS | 40 | $57,750 |
| Jp Davidson | MEMBER | 10 | $0 |
| Mickey Sumner | MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Trudie Styler | FOUNDER, DEPUTY CHAIRPERSO | 10 | $0 |
| Li Lu | TREASURER | 0 | $0 |
| Franca Sciuto | CO-FOUNDER, CHAIRPERSON | 20 | $0 |
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