The Kichwa People of Sarayaku are an Indigenous community located in the Ecuadorian Amazon, internationally recognized for their autonomous governance and defense of territory against oil extraction. Through community assemblies and collective decision-making rooted in ancestral knowledge, Sarayaku has articulated the concept of Living Forest as a political and ecological framework. Their successful legal struggle for free, prior, and informed consent represents a landmark case of Indigenous self-determination, commons governance, and radical democracy.
| Creation date | 1996 |
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| Topics | Commons, Democracy, Rights, Environmental justice, Decolonization |
| Context | Rural |
| Typology | Self-determination movement |
| Languages | Spanish; Castilian, Quechua |
| Thematics | Radical Democracy |