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Constructing Autonomy – Stories of Indigenous Governance in Peru

Type: Audiovisual

Region: Asia

Theme: Community-led conservation, Land and resource rights, Sustainable livelihoods, Traditional and local knowledge

Resource Language: English, Spanish

Organisation: The Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation (GTANW), LifeMosaic

Year: 2025

Through their autonomous governments, the Wampis and Awajun in northern Peru are confronting threats, protecting their territories, representing their populations before the Peruvian state, and implementing projects for the benefit of biodiversity, their people and the whole world.

This film looks at what these autonomous governments are, why they were created, how they have been managed, their achievements, the challenges they face and their visions for the future.

Still from Constructing Autonomy: Stories of Indigenous Governance in Peru. Credit: Life Mosaic