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Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Biodiversity Climate Change Culture Environment Extreme poverty Family Governance Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Sustainable Development Women Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Education and training of women Human rights of women Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Violence against women Women and the environment
Geographic scope:	Local
Country of activity:	Colombia Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Brazil Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Ecuador Guyana Peru Suriname
Mission statement:	The Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), is an international indigenous organization that coordinates the efforts, dreams and ideals of nationalities, peoples and indigenous organizations in the Amazon basin. We work to promote, defend and exercise their rights life as an integral part of nature and the universal Rights of the Amazon. We are an instance of convergence of efforts for the promotion, protection and security of our territories, our lifestyles, spiritual principles and social values, cultural, political and economic. Our pre-existence as distinct peoples, is framed by the defense of life and the rainforest as free space and peace, affirming and determined to continue as a seed into the ground.
Year established:	1984
Year of registration:	2003
Organizational structure:	We are in all of the Amazon region. We work with the national organizations of the nine Amazonian countries. Altogether we represent 390 indigenous nationalities with three million people clustered in an area of 10,268.471 km2. Of these peoples and nations in the Amazon Basin, more than 60 nationalities living in voluntary isolation trying to maintain their autonomy and rights over a territory increasingly threatened by the dominant society.
Number and type of members:	1. Interethnic Development Association of the Peruvian Amazon, AIDESEP - Peru; 2. Amerindian Peoples Association of Guyana, APA - Guyana; 3. Confederation of Indigenous People of Bolivia, CIDOB - Bolivia; 4. Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon, COIAB - Brazil 5. Confederation of Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, CONFENAE - Ecuador; 6. Federation of Indigenous Organizations of French Guyana, FOAG - French Guyana; 7. Regional Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Amazonas, ORPIA - Venezuela; 8. Suriname Indigenous Organization, OIS - Suriname, and 9. Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon, OPIAC - Colombia.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Pachamama, IUCN, WWF, WHRC, CIESPAL
Funding structure other:	UNDP, GTZ, Spanish Agency for International Development, UNCTAD, WIPO, World Bank, EU, IDB, Ford Foundation, Ibis Denmark

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