Indigenous peoples in Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean are engaging in climate change action using their indigenous knowledge, traditional knowledge, and customary practices. Through practices such as the examples on this page and in the info hub / resources section below, the adaptive capacity and level of resilience to the impacts of climate change is increased and ways of life and livelihoods continued.

The indigenous peoples of the Puno region of Peru, for example, do not rely only on a calendar to time the planting of crops. They use environmental observations such as the frequency of rains, appearance of animals and state of the wind and snow to decide when and where to plant and when to harvest. Given the reduced predictability of the seasons due to climate change, this allows these peoples to adapt with the changes of the timings of the seasons. In Bolivia, these observations area part of the Pachagrama – an indigenous climatic information system that utilises many natural observations that western science would refer to as bio-indicators. It is based on communal knowledge and information sharing and is both resilient at cost-effective.

For more resources and information, to see news and events, and to engage with regional representatives, organisations and the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, please see below.

Onel Masardule is the current regional representative for Central and South America and the Caribbean. 

Biographies and photos of Facilitative Working Group members and regional representatives coming soon. 

1. Rosalina Tuyuc (COP 26)
2. Jhanira Dorisa Sensu (COP 26)
3. Onel Inanadinia Masardule (COP 26)
4. Benito Calixto Guzman (COP 26, COP 27)
5. Jesús Amadeo Martinez Guzmán (COP 27, COP 28)
6. Roberto Ricardo Campos G. (COP 27)
7. María Eugenia Choque Q. (COP 27)
8. Jorge Luis Andreve D. (COP 27)
9. Taily de Faria Marcos Terena (COP 28)
10. Rengifo Navas Revilla (COP 28)
11. Tabea Casique Coronado (COP 28)
12. Sergio Ramiro Batzin Noj (COP 28)

Organizations relevant to indigenous peoples in the region will appear here. 

Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA)

Red Indígena de Turismo de México (RITA)

Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas (CAOI)

International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)

Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP) 

News items relevant to indigenous peoples in the region will appear here.