"Our struggle continues." Confronting the dynamics of dispossession in the Peruvian Amazon

Abstract

The Shipibo-Konibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya is struggling against the dispossession and devastation of their ancestral lands due to the aggressive expansion of oil palm.

This article discusses the social and cultural impacts of agribusiness-led deforestation on the community and their territory. The discussion focusses on the political and legal strategies they have developed together with allies to demand the restitution and remediation of their ancestral lands. 

Finally, we consider some of the critical successes and challenges the Shipibo-Konibo community faced during the past five years of this struggle. 

• Read the full article in Center for World Indigenous Studies 'Fourth World Journal', here