Native Name: | Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana |
Native Name Lang: | Spanish |
Awards: | Right Livelihood Award |
Abbreviation: | AIDESEP |
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Purpose: | Indigenous rights |
Location: | Peru |
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Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Jorge Pérez Rubio |
Affiliations: | COICA |
The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP) is a Peruvian national Indigenous rights organization. A National Board of Directors is elected by nine regional organizations every five years. The organization comprises 109 federations, representing 2,439 communities of roughly 650,000 Indigenous people who speak a plurality of languages.[1]
Members of AIDESEP work to improve the health, education, housing, and organization of Indigenous peoples.
Its current president is Jorge Pérez Rubio,[2] who succeeded Lizardo Cauper Pezo, Henderson Rengifo Hualinga, and Alberto Pizango.
AIDESEP is a member organization of the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA).
AIDESEP was founded by: