Interethnic_Association_for_the_Development_of_the_Peruvian_Rainforest
Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest
Indigenous rights organisation in Peru
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]
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Members of AIDESEP work to improve the health, education, housing, and organization of Indigenous peoples.[citation needed]
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).