Cofan

Cofan spiritual elder Located in what is now northeastern Ecuador and southeastern Colombia, the Cofan (A’i) are a riverine people that firmly established themselves in the headwaters of several rivers in the area

Today numbering less than 2,000, the Cofan are establishing themselves as the vanguard of indigenous conservation efforts, taking on the task of caring for over a million acres of rain forest in Ecuador and large areas in adjacent Colombia.

You can learn more about the Cofan at their official website, cofan.org

Indigenous Peoples in Colombia

Indigenous NGO Cofan Survival Fund Works to Protect over One Million Acres of Forest

Dec 24, 2012 • The Cofán, a small indigenous tribe in Northern Ecuador, control vast ancestral territories containing some of the most biodiverse... Read More

The True Story of Chevron’s Ecuador Disaster

Feb 9, 2012 • Over three decades of oil drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Chevron dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic... Read More

Fever: A Video Guide About Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

Jun 22, 2011 • LifeMosaic, a Scottish-based non-profit, has launched a new series of short films to help raise awareness and build knowledge... Read More

It’s Time for Chevron to Take Responsibility for the Amazon Chernobyl

Feb 23, 2011 • After 18 years of legal struggles over one of the most tragic environmental crimes in history, a lone Judge... Read More

Chevron Pulls Greatest Magic Trick Ever as They Make Plaintiffs Disappear!

Feb 3, 2011 • In what may prove to be one of the most bizarre legal moves ever, lawyers for the oil giant,... Read More

Ecuador’s Indigenous movement Mobilizes for the Water

Sep 28, 2009 • A National, inclusive, non-discriminatory and peaceful effort, the “Mobilization to defend the Water” (Movilización Nacional para defender el Agua)... Read More

Urgent Message to Abya Yala North from the Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador

May 5, 2009 • Below, an urgent message from Tupac Enrique Acosta, who relays a May 4th communique discussing Ecuador President Correa’s recent... Read More

Colombian army wants base on indigenous sacred ground

Jun 26, 2008 • Last week, a group of indigenous Kofan expressed concern about a new base Colombia’s army is building at a... Read More

Coca, Petroleum and Conflict in Cofan Territory

Sep 10, 2007 • The Transnational Institute (TNI) has just released a report which examines the impact of coca cultivation, petroleum activity and... Read More

Ecuador’s Black Plague

Jun 30, 2007 • From 1964 to 1992 Texaco (now Chevron) built and operated oil exploration and production facilities in the northern region... Read More

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