Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon ( pt, Coordenação das Organizações IndÃgenas da Amazônia Brasileira) or COIAB is a Brazilian indigenous organization composed by several
indigenous rights
Indigenous rights are those rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of the Indigenous peoples. This includes not only the most basic human rights of physical survival and integrity, but also the rights over their land (includ ...
organizations of the Brazilian
Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...
. 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. Its headquarters is in
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...
. The organization represents around 160 different indigenous peoples, on approximately 110 million hectares of amazon territory.
They struggle for basic rights of land, health, education and interculturality. COIAB is a member of the Amazon Basin indigenous organization,
COICA.
References
External links
COIAB€”Old official website
Portal da COIAB€”Official website
Ethnic organisations based in Brazil
Indigenous rights organizations in South America
Organizations established in 1989
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