Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest

The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (Spanish: Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana, 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]

Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest

Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana
Abbreviation	AIDESEP
Purpose	Indigenous rights
Location	Peru
President	Jorge Pérez Rubio
Affiliations	COICA
Award(s)	Right Livelihood Award
Website	aidesep.org.pe

Members of AIDESEP work to improve the health, education, housing, and organization of Indigenous peoples.^{[citation needed]}

As of November 2024^[update] 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).

Members

AIDESEP was founded by:^{[citation needed]}

• Consejo Aguaruna-Huambisa (CAH), representing the Aguaruna and Huambisa people of the Amazonas region
• Asociación de Comunidades Asháninkas del valle de Pichis (ACONAP), representing the Asháninka people of Pichis Valley in the Pasco Region
• Federación de Comunidades Nativas del Ucayali (FECONAU), Ucayali Region
• Federación Nativa de Madre de Dios (FENAMAD), representing the Indigenous peoples of the Madre de Dios Region
• Mashco-Piro people of the Ucayali Region
• Amuesha people of the Pasco Region
• Matsés people of the Loreto Region

See also

• Indigenous peoples in Peru
• 2009 Peruvian political crisis