Alianza Ceibo

Alianza Ceibo unites four indigenous peoples in their struggle to counter environmental degradation to protect over 20,000 square kilometers of primary rainforest across four provinces and 70 communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems, this indigenous-led alliance provides alternatives to extractive industries, ranching, and large-scale monocultures. Alianza Ceibo’s activities provide clean water to over 6,000 people, connect remote communities to solar power, and support women entrepreneurs. The alliance’s advocacy and ongoing legal accompaniment have led to the revocation of mine and oil concessions in indigenous territories. Participatory community mapping processes document the stewardship of Kofán, Siona, Secoya and Waorani peoples over their lands, and have initiated legal claims for community land title. Community patrols and monitoring trace illegal incursions into their territories, while indigenous youth train in documentary film-making and storytelling. Alianza Ceibo’s wide range of gender-responsive solutions is inspired by indigenous wisdom and traditional practice, aligning conservation and sustainable development in a significant carbon sink.

Key Facts 

Equator Prize Winner: 2020

Year of establishment: 2014

Location: Sucumbíos, Ecuador

Ecosystem: Forests, wetlands and rivers

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Without land there is no life: An interview with Nemonte Nenquimo

Nemonte Nenquimo is the founder of Alianza Ceibo in Ecuador, a Goldman Environmental Prize recipient and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2020. This interview took place in the Newsroom of the Nature for Life Hub on 29 September after the Equator Prize ceremony that celebrated Alianza Ceibo as one of the 2020 winners.

Find the full invterview with Nemonte Nenquimo, here.

Equator Prize 2020

 

Latin America and the Caribbean

 

Freshwater Management

 

Sustainable Forestry

 


Contact Information

Alicia Salazar
Executive Director
alicia@alianzaceibo.org
http://www.alianzaceibo.org

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