During February, March and April of 2024, twenty indigenous leaders of the Maijuna will participate in their communities in “Communication for social change” workshops in Loreto, Peru. In this way, we seek to make visible, from the voices of indigenous peoples, stories that show the threats to biodiversity and livelihoods in their territories.
With an approximate population of 600 inhabitants, the Maijuna indigenous people are one of the most vulnerable in the Loreto region. Their four communities are located in a large area of forests between the Napo and Putumayo rivers; forming the Maijuna Kichwa Regional Conservation Area. This territory is home to great biodiversity and is under various threats such as wildlife trafficking, illegal hunting and fishing, timber extraction, river mining and the construction of a highway promoted by the Peruvian Government without adequate planning.
The workshops led by Sacha Cine in alliance with OnePlanet and Radio Ucamara aim to strengthen Maijuna leaders and the link with their ancestral territory through communication tools, which allow them to make audiovisual products and photo reports to denounce environmental threats and present solutions from their vision in community, regional, national and international environments.
In addition, emphasis will be placed on the importance of generating empowering community processes from the Maijuna People to build their own perspectives and voices from memory for the creation of new narratives, very necessary to be able to defend their territory and cultural heritage.
In this way, it seeks to effectively contribute to promoting conservation and preventing environmental crimes with the support of Earth Journalism Network, Internews, in alliance with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
This opportunity is made possible by the generous support of the people of the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The content is the responsibility of Sacha Cine and Internews, and does not necessarily reflect the views of WCS, USAID, or the United States Government.