CEDIA

About Us

The Centre for the Development of the Amazonian Indigenous People (CEDIA because its abbreviation in Spanish) is a non-profit civilian organization, which principal objective is to develop strategies, plans, actions and total development programmes to the peruvian amazonian indigenous people; with the direct participation of these human groups to achieve its institutional and economic consolidation, from the sustainable use of its natural resources.

Territorial Zoning

Since 1982, CEDIA has contributed to the territorial zoning process of the peruvian Amazon Rainforest, helping the titulation process for more than 300 native communities, in an total area of four millions hectares aproximately with 11500 indigenous families of the linguistic groups Ashaninka, Matsiguenka, Nanti o Kugapakori, Nahua, Nomatsiguenga, Matsés, Urarina, Iquito, Piro, Amarakaeri, Huachipaeri y Kakinte.

Protected Natural Areas 

The big experience of CEDIA about researches and participative processes to establish Protected Natural Areas (ANP because its abbreviation in Spanish), has permited to define the category to the Reserved Zone of Apurimac, working with the Natural Resources National Institute (INRENA because its abbreviation in Spanish), Cutivireni Asociation (ACPC), Common Good Institute (IBC) and all the indigenous organizations of the Apurímac River, Ene River, Tambo River and Urubamba River basins; creating the Ashaninka Communal Reserve, the Machiguenga Communal Reserve and the Otishi National Park. Also, CEDIA has elaborated the technical files to establish the Matsés Communal Reserve on the Gálvez and Yaquerana basins, in Loreto; and to establish the Megantoni Reserved Zone, in Cusco, and then making the process to give to the Megantoni a category as Megantoni National Sanctuary, in association with the Field Museum.

Isolated Indigenous People 

CEDIA is a pioneer about the technical and legal formulation for the establishment of Territorial Reserves for isolated indigenous people; like the Reserve from the State in favor to the Kugapakori-Nahua Non-Contacted Indigenous People Groups, and the Territorial Reserve in favor to the Nahua, Amahuava and Mashco Piro Indigenous People of the Alto Río de las Piedras River, in Madre de Dios. This last one enlarged and legally established thanks Native Federation of Madre de Dios (FENAMAD because its abbreviation in Spanish).

Basins and Indigenous Peoples 

The basins where CEDIA work are:

• Urubamba River (Cusco); with Machiguenga, Yine Yami, Ashaninka, Kakinte, Nanty and Nahua indigenous people.
  
• Right area of Apurímac River (Cusco); with Ashaninka and Machiguenga indigenous people.
• Alto Madre de Dios River (Madre de Dios); with Machiguenga, Yine Yami and Harakmbut indigenous people.
• Chambira River (Loreto); with Urarina indigenous people and with peasants whom live on the Chambira River bank.
• Nanay River (Loreto); with Iquito indigenous people and with peasants whom live on the Nanay River bank.
• Gálvez River and Yaquerana River (Loreto); with Matsés indigenous people.

Geographic Information System 

CEDIA has a technical team in its laboratory of Geographic Information System (SIG because its abbreviation in Spanish), which helps to generate better products at the programme Regularization of the Indigenous People Property, the programme Participative Elaboration of Manage Plans for Communal Lands, and the programme Elaboration of Proposals to Establish Protected Natural Areas.

Legal Defense

Our institution defends legally indigenous people, especially about Human Rigths with relation to the land property and its natural resources. CEDIA acts as consultant to solve conflicts caused by petroleum dealerchips, oil megaprojects like Camisea Project, or extractive proyects or land colonization projects; wich increase the risk of indigenous people lose their land.

Displaced People 

Recently, CEDIA has started the recovery of more than a hundred thousand hectares of Apurímac valley indigenous peoples' lands, helping the Ashaninka ingenous people, displaced by the violence of the subversive movement Sendero Luminoso and the trafficking, can retorn to their traditional lands, which have been legally put in order. Thirteen native communities, which represent 1600 Ashaninka persons organized in the Ashaninka Organization from Apurímac River (OARA because its abbreviation in Spanish), have been helped by this project; and a second phase of this project tries to strengthen the indigenous' capacities to manage their tarritories.

Finance 

CEDIA develops activities in alliance with financier institutions like European Commission; Hivos, from Holand; Nouvelle Planète, from Switzerland; Blue Moon Fund, Garfield Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and Nature & Culture International, from U.S.A.; and anothers.

Vision

An strong institution, is generating and getting easy the processes to help to the amazonian indigenous people, consolidated as organizations, can administer their territorial and cultural heritage in a sustainable way and with their basic needs got satisfied.

Mission

Territorial zoning, institutional strengthening of the indigenous organizations, development of the communal gerency capacity for the manage of resources, cultural identity strengthening and opening to the cultural exchange of the amazonian people.

Location

LIMA
Central Office

Address:
Bonifacio passage 166; Los Rosales de Santa Rosa urbanization. La Perla district; Callao constitutional province.

Telephone numbers:
051 01 4204340 / 051 01 420575761 (Fax: Extension 102)

E-mail:
cedia@cedia.org.pe

 

CUSCO
Liaison Office

Address:
Villa Postal urbanization, building number C-7. Asociación Pro Vivienda Correos y Telecomunicaciones (APROVICOTE) Area; San Jerónimo district.

Telephone number:
051 084 270628

E-mail:
cediacusco@cedia.org.pe

 

IQUITOS
Liaison Office

Address:
Las Camelias street 162, San Juan, Iquitos.

Telephone numbers:
051 065 607426 / 051 065 607427 / 051 065 965750786

E-mail:
cediaiquitos@cedia.org.pe

Team

Director General

Director of Projects, Monitoring and Evaluation

Nanay River basin Coordinator