Amazonia and lowland South America
Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku
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Lands
Middle Bobonaza river basin, Pastaza province, Ecuadorian Amazon
Countries Ecuador
Facts 3
Today
About 1,500 Kichwa people of Sarayaku live in seven community centers across roughly 135,000 hectares on the Bobonaza river in Pastaza, Ecuador.
As of 2026 Source: Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku, Workshop: Sebash (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Governance
Sarayaku has its own statute on image, communication and digital sovereignty, setting free, prior and informed consent rules for visitors, press and researchers.
As of 2026 Source: Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku, Statute of Governance of Image, Communication, and Digital Sovereignty of the Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
Sarayaku's Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) proposal seeks legal recognition of the living forest as a new category of protected land.
Source: Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku, Angel 2 Workshop (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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