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ACPC
The Association for the
Conservation of the Cutivireni Patrimony - ACPC, is a non governmental, non
profit Peruvian organisation, founded on September 3rd, 1987 and inscribed in
the register of the Ministry of Agriculture of Peru, registration Nš 488-AG-DGFFS-SDAF.
ACPC is comprised of voluntary
personnel residing in Lima, members of the Ashaninka from the communities of the Ene and
Tambo valleys and scientific and technical support of national and foreign professionals
specializing in various fields. The Association is inscribed and recognised by the
Secretary of International Technical Co-operation (SECTI) - Resolution Nš 089-2000/PCM.
The primary objective of ACPC is the conservation of the natural and
cultural heritage of the Ashaninka communities established in the northern area of the
Vilcabamba mountain range, in particular the basins of the Ene, Tambo and Bajo Urubamba
rivers. The priority of ACPC has been, and is, to support the Ashaninka: strengthening
their communities, helping them achieve fair participation in the economic and social life
of the country and assisting them in protecting and maintaining their cultural values. The
native cultures deserve our respect. They have successfully maintained the fragile balance
that has allowed them and nature to survive in harmony. ACPC has always worked with these
principles at heart and has a firm commitment to continue in this way.
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The Ashaninka
The Ashaninka natives are the second largest ethnic
group in the Peruvian Amazonia, their ancestral lands are in the forests of Junin, Pasco,
Huanuco and part of Ucayali. Fifteen Ashaninka communities in the Ene River Valley, in the
District of Pangoa, have legal recognition and property titles for an area of over 200.000
hectares. These communities number over 4.000 people, most of whom do not speak Spanish.
In the Tambo River District there are 32 communities numbering over 6,500 people. The
communities are represented by the following bodies: Ashaninka Central – Ene River
(CARE) and Ashaninka Central -Tambo's River (CART).
During the last decade the Ashaninka suffered terribly at the hands of
Shining Path (a maoist Terrorist group) who committed, against them,
one of the most
abhorrent genocides in the modern history of Latin America. The survival of the Ashaninka and
their environment, as well as their highly developed knowledge of the Amazonian forest is
in serious danger: the presence of terrorist/drug traffickers, the appropriation of their
lands for Coca plantations, immigrants from the highlands in search of fresh agricultural
lands, and religious missionary sects.
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ACPC
Objectives
According to its statutes, the objectives of the ACPC have been defined
in the following way:
- To respect, protect and conserve the cultural and natural heritage of the Ashaninka
whose territory is located in the county of Satipo, department of Junin.
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To ensure the indigenous participation in the management of the complex
of Vilcabamba's protected areas, and to impel their recognition as
biosphere reserve: www.otishi.org
OTISHI NATIONAL PARK
ASHANINKA COMMUNAL RESERVE
MATSIGUENGA COMMUNAL RESERVE
- To promote concern, and to give support to anthropological and biological research, and
in general, all scientific activities in the Vilcabamba mountain range.
- To organise a rational promotion of the region taking care to respect the customs of the
natives, as well as the fauna and flora of the area.
- To participate actively and to unify criteria with other Peruvian and/or foreign
associations or institutions whose conservation goals are similar.
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