Peru

In Peru, the Transformative Pathways project is focused on strengthening indigenous people’s initiatives for protecting biodiversity and governing their territories in the Andean-Amazon regions. This is done through the application – and documentation – of traditional Andean-Amazonian agroecological approaches and territory-based provisioning systems.

Key participants in this country’s project are the Wampis in the regions of Amazonas and Loreto (Northern Amazon), the Yanesha people in Pasco (Selva Central), and the Quechua people in Ayacucho.

The project in Peru is implemented by two organisations – The Autonomous Territorial Government of The Wampis Nation (GTANW) and CHIRAPAQ, Centre of Indigenous Cultures of Peru.

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Third Transformative Pathways In-Person Meeting: Annual Planning and Review

In February 2025, the thirteen partners of the Transformative Pathways consortium gathered in the Philippines for the project’s third in-person annual meeting, hosted by Partners for Indigenous Knowledge Philippines (PIKP). The gathering took place in the Cordillera region, the heart of Northern Philippines, starting in…

14.03.25

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Outcomes of COP16 for Indigenous Peoples and local communities

The Conference of the Parties related to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use had many positive outcomes, but ultimately was suspended without all decisions being finalised. In October 2024, governments, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples, local community representatives and other key actors came together in Cali, Colombia to…

27.11.24

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Sharing knowledge on biodiversity: Meeting of the Yanesha and Shipibo peoples

On 26 November 2024, a meeting on traditional knowledge on biodiversity took place between the Yanesha and Shipibo peoples in the community of Unión de la Selva, territory of the Yanesha people in the region of Pasco, Peru.Unión de la Selva is a community that…

26.11.24

Conservation and Human Rights: An Introduction

This guidance is intended as a resource for conservation professionals who are interested to learn more about the relationship between conservation and human rights, especially the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities. A huge amount has been written on this topic over the past…

30.10.24

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Training resources on the Convention on Biological Diversity

This booklet series provides Indigenous Peoples and local communities with key insights into the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), and its Target 3, focusing on their rights and participation in global conservation efforts. It offers guidance on engaging…

28.10.24

Ensuring the sustainability of customary use on Indigenous and community-held lands

This guide is for local organisations (e.g. community-based organisations and trusted local non-governmental organisations) which are supporting Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP & LCs) in their desire to assess the sustainability of natural resources on their lands (both terrestrial and marine), and implement activities…

17.10.24

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Key Activities

Supporting community-based monitoring and communal territorial governance systems
Regenerating biodiversity and strengthening communal food sovereignty, livelihoods and traditional occupations
Application of Andean-Amazonian agroecological approaches, including reforestation and recovery of endangered animal and plant species
Scoping studies and strategies to develop territory-based provisioning systems for food, water, livelihoods and waste management
Intergenerational knowledge sharing, education of indigenous youth around protection of traditional knowledge, territory and responding to current socio-ecological challenges
Advocacy and national-level dialogues around laws and proposals relating to biodiversity and indigenous peoples’ territories
Supporting indigenous communities to document and share experiences
Promoting the inclusion of indigenous community-led initiatives in CBD (e.g. contributions to NBSAPs) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) processes

Imiarus sign agreement, 19 March 2021. Photo by Diego Benavente Marchán / GTANW

Fiorella López Manchari (37 years old) of the Yanesha people grows vegetables in her family’s bio-garden. Unión de La Selva Native Community, district of Villa Rica, province of Oxapampa, Pasco region, Peru. Photo: Luisenrrique Becerra Velarde / CHIRAPAQ.