Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon

Brazilian indigenous organization

COIAB logo

Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Portuguese: Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira) or COIAB is a Brazilian indigenous organization composed by several indigenous rights organizations of the Brazilian Amazon Basin. It was created at a meeting of indigenous leaders in April 1989 and is now composed of 75 member organizations from all 9 states of Brazilian Amazon.^[1] Its headquarters is in Manaus. The organization represents around 160 different indigenous peoples, on approximately 110 million hectares of amazon territory.^[2] They struggle for basic rights of land, health, education and interculturality. COIAB is a member of the Amazon Basin indigenous organization, COICA.

References

^ "The Nature Conservancy in Brazil - COIAB Amazon Indigenous Federation". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
^ "COIAB". Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-03-24.