Indigenous Peoples Organizations

Our vision is to be an autonomous region with a sustainable economy, maintaining the shape and worldview of the Embera and Wounaan people in balance with mother earth and biodiversity.

Our mission is to be a leading organization in the unity, cohesion and defense of the territories, lands and natural resources of the Indigenous Peoples of Panama.

The Putumayo Zonal Indigenous Organization OZIP, made up of representatives of the indigenous peoples, was created and has been operating since 1986. It is the institution that represents the interests and requirements of the...