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Through this map, the Instituto del Bien Común (IBC in Spanish) and the World Resources Institute(WRI) make available the Information System on Native Communities of the Peruvian Amazon (Sistema de Información sobre Comunidades Nativas de la Amazonía Peruana, SICNA in Spanish).

SICNA[1] is a system created by IBC that compiles geographic and database information of about 85% of the native communities in the Peruvian Amazon. It is estimated that there are approximately 1,500 communities in the region. The SICNA data has been georeferenced in the field using Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS). To supplement information about the remaining 15% of the communities, this interactive map includes a 1997 dataset of georeferenced communities by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The GEF-UNDP information will gradually be replaced by IBC and its collaborators depending on the progress in the field.

The information provided in this interactive map includes the following: native communities that need to be registered, communities that are registered and are in the process of becoming titled, and titled communities (see descriptions below). In addition, the interactive map includes territorial reserves --and proposed areas for territorial reserves-- established for the protection of indigenous people living voluntary isolation. It is estimated that between 5,000 and 10,000 indigenous peoples, from 14 ethno-linguistic groups, live in voluntary isolation in the Peruvian Amazon. [2]

Indigenous territories
Native communities to be registered. Communities that are not registered in the Ministry of Agriculture's National Native Communities Registry. The registration process does not creates a community, but it regularizes its pre-existing condition. Registration is an administrative process to formalize an existing social reality (Source: SICNA).
Registered native communities (not titled). Communities registered in both, the Ministry of Agriculture's National Native Communities Registry, and in Public Registries. However, their territories have not been titled by the government (Source: SICNA).
Demarcated and titled native communities. Communities that have been registered, and the government has formalized the customary rights of the community. The process involves the demarcation, titling, and issuing a title to guarantee rights (Sources: SICNA y GEF-PNUD).
Territorial reserves. Reserves established by the government to protect indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation, and/or indigenous peoples that have been initially contacted and live there. These reserves have been established to protect the environmental conditions of the area, to ensure the survival and integrity of the livelihoods of these peoples (Sources: Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana - AIDESEP, y el Centro para el Desarrollo del Indígena Amazónico - CEDIA). Territorial Reserves have been georeferenced by IBC based on the official maps of the reserves.
Proposed territorial reserves. Areas that have been identified and proposed for the creation of territorial reserves ( Sources: AIDESEP y Federación Nativa de Comunidades Cacataibo - FENACOCA / IBC).
Basic Cartography
International boundaries (Source: INEI)
Departments (Source: INEI)
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[1] The Information System on Native Communities in the Peruvian Amazon (SICNA) is a geo-referenced database developed by the Institute for the Common Good (IBC). SICNA  contains information generated by IBC, and in agreement with indigenous organizations. The following organizations have provided IBC with information: the Asociación para la Conservación del Patrimonio de Cutivireni (ACPC), Centro para el Desarrollo del Indígena Amazónico (CEDIA), Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP), and the Proyecto Especial de Titulación de Tierras (PETT), and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The database includes a field for the original source of information for each community.

[2]Comisión Especial Multisectorial para las Comunidades Nativas, Mayo 2001, Capítulo G.

SICNA is a system created by Instituto del Bien Común;
This map server is a collaboration between IBC and WRI, through the Global Forest Watch project.
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