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Deforestation, invasions and aggressive oil palm expansion threaten an Indigenous community. The ancestral territory of the Indigenous community of Santa Clara de Uchunya indigenous in Ucayali has experienced more than 25,000 hectares of forest destr

Más de 25.000 hectáreas de devastación forestal registra actualmente el territorio ancestral de la comunidad indígena Santa Clara de Uchunya, en Ucayali

Palm oil route and conflicts, that everyday ingredient that comes from a depredated territory The crude palm oil produced by the Ocho Sur group originates in an area of the Peruvian Amazon devastated more than 10 years ago, which the Santa Clara de U

Ruta y conflictos del aceite de palma, ese ingrediente cotidiano que nace de un territorio depredado El aceite crudo de palma elaborado por el grupo Ocho Sur tiene su origen en un área de la Amazonía

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders warns about threats and smear campaign against leaders of the Shipibo-Konibo people due to territorial conflict caused by palm oil and requests information from the Peruvian State.

Relatora sobre defensores de derechos humanos de las Naciones Unidas alerta sobre amenazas y campaña de desprestigio contra líderes del pueblo Shipibo-Konibo por conflicto territorial causado por palma aceitera y pide información al Estado peruano.

At a recent event of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Global Deforestation, Shipibo leader Apu Miguel Guimaraes shared the experience of ongoing human rights violations suffered by the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, including the dispossession of their land and consequent conflicts.

Between 24 and 25 October 2022, members of the Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous community of Santa Clara de Uchunya met in Yarinacocha to reflect on their efforts past and present to defend their ancestral territory against agribusiness-led land trafficking and deforestation and oil palm expansion in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon. They issued the following agreement and made additional statements during a press conference with regional media.

Entre el 24 y el 25 de octubre de 2022, miembros de la comunidad indígena Shipibo-Konibo de Santa Clara de Uchunya se reunieron en Yarinacocha. En la reunión se reflexionó sobre sus esfuerzos pasados y presentes para defender su territorio ancestral contra el tráfico de tierras, la deforestación y la expansión de la palma aceitera impulsados por la agroindustria en la región de Ucayali de la Amazonía peruana. Se emitió el siguiente acuerdo e hicieron declaraciones adicionales durante una conferencia de prensa con los medios de comunicación regionales.

Pronunciamiento emitido el 10 de marzo de 2022 por el pueblo Shipibo ante la sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional del Perú en el caso de la comunidad de Santa Clara de Uchunya. 

Pronunciamiento emitido el 10 de marzo de 2022 por el pueblo Shipibo ante la sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional del Perú en el caso de la comunidad de Santa Clara de Uchunya.

The case of Santa Clara de Uchunya and their fight to obtain justice and regain their territory

The RSPO has upheld that Peruvian palm oil miller OLPESA must not buy or process palm from deforested Indigenous lands, which were converted to a plantation which the RSPO condemned in 2016. However, its decision fails to dispel the spectre of human rights violations and large-scale deforestation from agroindustrial supply chains given the limited scope of the RSPO’s own standards.

La RSPO ha afirmado que la planta extractora de aceite OLPESA no debe comprar ni procesar palma de tierras indígenas deforestadas en el Perú, que se convirtieron en una plantación condenada por la RSPO en 2016. No obstante, su decisión no logra disipar el espectro de las violaciones de derechos humanos y deforestación a gran escala en las cadenas de suministro de productos agroindustriales debido al alcance limitado de los estándares de la RSPO.

The Shipibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, at the centre of an international campaign demanding the restitution of their ancestral lands in the Peruvian Amazon, has secured a major victory. Today, Peru’s environmental regulator ordered the palm oil company operating on their lands to halt operations and pay a multi-million dollar fine for environmental damages.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has granted precautionary measures to the indigenous Shipibo-Konibo community Santa Clara de Uchunya and to  the Federation of Native Communities of Ucayali, in the Peruvian Amazon.

Pucallpa, Peru – Indigenous organisations and communities have called upon the Peruvian government to do more to protect their lands and leaders following a recent spike in death threats and intimidation targeting Indigenous rights and land defenders.

In June 2020, a medical team was dispatched to Ocho Sur P’s oil palm plantation in the Peruvian Amazon to test workers for COVID-19. This action followed warnings about poor health and safety practices by this oil palm giant. Of those tested, 90% tested positive, embroiling the company in a series of administrative and criminal proceedings, this time for public health offences and forced labour.

On Tuesday 6 October 2020, Indigenous leaders from across the Peruvian Amazon will take part in a special thematic hearing granted by regional human rights body, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), about the nexus between attacks and killings of Indigenous rights defenders and State corruption.

Peruvian organisations held an online press conference this week to discuss issues affecting the Shipibo and other Amazonian peoples, including the impacts of COVID-19 and the activities of extractive and agro-industrial companies in Indigenous territories.