AMAZONIA BIOREGION

In Partnership with the Siekopai

The Siekopai | “The Multi-Colored People”

The Siekopai, whose name means “the multi-colored people,” are an Indigenous nation of the western Amazon living along the Ecuador–Peru border.

Today, fewer than 1,500 members remain.

They are guardians of one of the most biodiverse territories on Earth, protecting rainforest ecosystems, sacred waterways, and an immense body of medicinal knowledge passed down through generations.

Their survival is inseparable from the survival of the Amazon itself.

The Reality

The Siekopai people have endured displacement, oil extraction, and territorial fragmentation along the Ecuador–Peru border.

Yet their ancestral knowledge remains intact.

Elders have documented over 1,200 medicinal plants within their territory,  a living pharmacopeia of the rainforest. These are not relics of the past. They are tools for planetary healing.

The Amazon is approaching ecological tipping points.
What happens here affects the entire Earth system.

What We Are Building Together

Regenerative Ceremonial Cacao Initiative
 • Indigenous-led agroforestry restoring native biodiversity
• Revitalization of ancestral cacao genetics
• Creation of a sovereign bioeconomy rooted in ceremony

Siekopai Plant Medicine Healing Center
 • A protected sanctuary for over 1,200 documented medicinal plants
• Space for intergenerational knowledge transmission
• Cultural and ecological restoration hub

Youth & Elder Knowledge Continuity
 • Apprenticeships in traditional medicine and agroforestry
• Language and cosmology preservation
• Bioregional leadership development

Why This Matters Globally

The Amazon regulates planetary water cycles.
It stabilizes global climate systems.
It holds medicinal intelligence not yet understood by Western science.

Supporting the Siekopai led initiatives is key. Protecting Indigenous sovereignty is one of the most effective climate solutions available today.

Bioregional Impact Goals

  • Restore native cacao and forest systems

  • Strengthen land-based economic sovereignty

  • Protect medicinal plant biodiversity

  • Secure intergenerational cultural continuity

  • Establish a long-term Indigenous-led healing sanctuary

How You Can Support

  • Sponsor regenerative cacao agroforestry expansion

  • Contribute to the construction of the healing center

  • Fund youth apprenticeships in traditional medicine

  • Support territorial protection and land stewardship

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