Ai Cof News Today

The Indigenous campaigner won a historic legal victory to protect Waorani land in the Amazon rainforest. Now she has written a groundbreaking memoir

'I want people to wake up': Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it

After winning a historic lawsuit, an Indigenous community in Ecuador has finally obtained legal ownership of its land in a protected area — 80 years since being forcibly displaced. According to experts, this new ruling may change the approach communities use to obtain their ancestral lands in Ecuador, and the country may see more communities […]

Ranging from protectors of the rain forest to cow burps, here are five of the best and most popular stories from Vital Signs in 2023. 

Albeiro Mendúa was still in elementary school when the blockade began. For 10 days in October of 1998, hundreds of Indigenous A’i Cofán peoples joined

A state-owned oil company is exploiting loopholes of a project that has been key to safeguarding Ecuador's rainforest.

Ecuador’s Socio Bosque project has been key to safeguarding the rainforest. Now, the country’s state-owned oil company is exploiting its many loopholes.

In a groundbreaking decision, the Ecuadorian appeals court has ruled in favor of the Siekopai Nation, asserting their rights to their ancestral

Travelling on a solar-powered boat, the Kanua festival is showing 29 films from nine countries to communities in Ecuador

The Indigenous A’i Cofán people invoke their ancestors and carry spears but also use drones, GPS mapping and the courts as they fight to protect their land from a rapacious gold rush