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The Amazon basin is the world’s most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystem; in 2 hectares of land, we find more plant and animal species than we find in the entire continent of North America. Hydrological cycles modulated by...March 17, 2020 -
Trees are cut down and bushed are burned during the slash-and-burn technique to clear the forest in order to cultivate. Soil loses its natural nutrients and the micro and macro invertebrates disappear. (Photo by Alienor de...September 30, 2019
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A dry toilet developed by the Chaikuni Institute’s permaculture program (Photo by Alienor de Sas / Instituto Chaikuni) Introduction by Alienor de Sas. After more than four decades of petroleum exploitation in the Loreto region, communities on the...April 10, 2019
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Blog Text by Justin Henson. Since 1979, more than 100 oil spills have occurred along the North Peruvian pipeline - a mega construction, stretching a massive 1,106 km from the Amazon to the Peruvian coast, operated and...October 31, 2018
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Investigating and promoting sustainable and resilient living systems in the Peruvian Amazon has been at the core of The Chaikuni Institute's Permaculture pilot project ever since its inception in 2013 on land shared with our sister...September 24, 2018
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An Exclusive Interview And Preview Of Upcoming Photographer Jorge Salvador Lopez’s Latest Series In Collaboration With ChaikuniAugust 21, 2018
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A Snapshot Of Chaikuni's Permaculture Work With The Local Community Of Tres UnidosJuly 15, 2018
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Celebrando los 30 años del Programa FORMABIAP de AIDESEP Formando Maestros y Maestras De Los Pueblos Indígenas de la Amazonía PeruanaMay 25, 2018
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Indigenous Communities from Loreto present the case on the violation of the right to clean water and oil contamination to the Inter-American Commission on Human RightsMay 11, 2018
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Indigenous Student Organization OEPIAP Organizes First Visit To Land Where Their Long-Awaited Student Centre Will Be Built And Pressures Authorities To Approve BuildingApril 25, 2018
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Reflections after a trip investigating violations Amazonian indigenous peoples' right to waterApril 19, 2018
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Interview with The Amaru Fund’s Founder, Rebekah ShamanMarch 16, 2018
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Voices Of Amazonian Women Affected By Oil ActivityMarch 8, 2018
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A Unique Musical Production Featuring 9 Indigenous Youth and 7 Indigenous Languages In The Peruvian AmazonMarch 5, 2018
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Voices Of Indigenous Youth In This Music Video With 7 Native Languages in The Peruvian AmazonMarch 1, 2018
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Join Us For This Unique Event in Iquitos, Featuring A Screening Of The New Music Video And A Discussion PanelFebruary 26, 2018
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A Look Into Our Permaculture Program In Action, Or How Ancestral Amazonian Knowledge Fuses With Contemporary Permaculture DesignFebruary 14, 2018
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A Digital Resource In Collaboration With Our Indigenous Partner, Kichwa Federation FECONATFebruary 6, 2018
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In the face of discrimination, indigenous peoples continue to make a stand for their rightsDecember 13, 2017
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Amazonian indigenous leaders speak out on the critical situation in Peru's most prolific oil block, 192.December 13, 2017
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Paving the way for ecological and alternative transportOctober 18, 2017
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Un Video Presentando La Inspiradora Historia de Floida, La Primera Mujer Kichwa del Alto Putumayo En Terminar Sus Estudios SuperioresAugust 28, 2017
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Perseverance in the face of Inequalities: Announcing the graduation of Floida & Alvaro, two indigenous students supported by our Sui Sui programAugust 18, 2017
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¿Para qué sirvió el proceso de consulta previa del 2015 y porque es necesario un nuevo proceso de consulta previa para el contrato de 30 años?August 9, 2017
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Exploring The Secrets of Cacao Fermentation With Amazonian Women of Tres UnidosJuly 27, 2017
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Contamination still not cleaned up after over four decades of oil exploitation on indigenous territoriesJune 22, 2017
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Our First Permaculture Workshop At Indigenous Organization OEPIAP's Temporary Student CentreJune 6, 2017
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Inside the challenges faced by indigenous student organization OEPIAP, which represents over 120 indigenous youth from 15 Amazonian peoples of the Peruvian AmazonMarch 21, 2017
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Interview with Chaikuni’s Intercultural Education Coordinators on building an indigenous student centreMarch 21, 2017
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Announcing the launch of our new fundraising campaign in partnership with indigenous student organization OEPIAPMarch 13, 2017
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Our latest workshop with the local community of Tres UnidosMarch 7, 2017
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Voices from the Indigenous Coalition formed at Saramurillo, the landmark protest uniting peoples from 5 river basins affected by oil activity in Peru’s northern AmazonFebruary 21, 2017
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Could the recent mobilization held at Saramurillo in the Northern Peruvian Amazon be remembered as the one that finally brought much needed justice to indigenous peoples affected by over 40 years of irresponsible oil activity?February 21, 2017
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A visit from Peruvian NGO "Association Civil Puente de la Amistad" on our groundsDecember 1, 2016
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The groundbreaking documentary PASTAZA puts the spotlight on the reality of Amazonian indigenous peoples who are uniting to defend water, the land and life itself against Big OilNovember 24, 2016
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Interview with Ruben Chino Dahua, Vice-President of the Amazonian indigenous student organization OEPIAPNovember 2, 2016
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Keeping the oil under the ground is causing a direct social and economic disaster in Loreto, but is it also an opportunity?September 2, 2016
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A look back at the evolution of our Permaculture work in 2015April 20, 2016
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Welcoming Silvia del Aguila Reyna, Agroforestry Expert & Our New Permaculture CoordinatorApril 1, 2016
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Since last year, we have been continuing to develop this 1 hectare forest clearing into a fully functioning Permaculture demonstration site. Our aim is to produce food, medicines and fuel from this site; experimenting with various...September 27, 2014
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Our work in the Chaikuni Institute Center has progressed well over the last months, mainly focusing on water management for erosion control, soil building and also beautifying our communal ceremonial/workshop space...June 29, 2014
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We recently took ownership of a large piece of land (approx. 1 hectare) that 6 months earlier had been cleared of all its forest vegetation leaving a short piece of re-growth that was mainly sandy sub-soil...September 30, 2013
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What an exciting summer for the Chaikuni Institute, our sister organization Alianza Arkana and partners RECOVER & Terra Genesis International! For 17 days at the beginning of August our organisations came together to lead Chaikuni's first Permaculture training course: an...August 26, 2013
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Chaikuni Institute's mission of regenerating the degraded rainforest landscape and creating resilient local economies will be achieved through reforestation of abandoned land and ecosocial community outreach initiatives in mestizo and indigenous villages. Our aim is to...March 20, 2013
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