Latin America

During the Amazon Summit last August in the Brazilian city of Belem, Hivos and our partners from the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) coalition met with Razan al Mubarak, one of the two current United Nations High Level Climate Champions. We discussed the role of the Amazon in maintaining a livable global climate and […]

Despite the challenges of 2022, we also saw positive developments. Hivos and its partners achieved successes in areas of gender equality and diversity, climate justice, and civic rights. A selection of these can be found in our Annual Report 2022.

The annual accounts are also included in this report.

Faces, voices and dreams of the Indigenous women of the Amazon
This photobook is a compilation of photographs and interviews to Indigenous women from the Amazon Basin with special emphasis on leaders from Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.

We propose 10 principles for the design and implementation of an equitable, timely, effective and culturally adapted Covid-19 vaccination strategy for the Amazon.

This Executive Summary is part of the “Indigenous Peoples and Access to the Justice System in Maranhão” report.

The largest coffee companies in the world are failing to report transparently on their 2020 commitments, and doing too little to ensure sustainability for farming and farmers.

The Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and Hivos organized virtual meetings of COICA youths to promote a more active participation of Indigenous youth in the organizational structure of Indigenous peoples.

The report presents the results of five months (April to August) of analysis of the execution of the extraordinary resources to face the pandemic for indigenous peoples, executed by MMFDH, by Funai. In addition to information on the execution of the regular budget of the DSEIs located in the region.

Hivos and IIED launched a new paper that calls upon governments to adopt crisis mitigation measures that are truly green and inclusive.

Creative hubs play a vital role in supporting the self-sufficiency and independence of makers of cultural and media productions. As ‘convenors of creatives,’ hubs serve local communities and connect creative practitioners.