Indigenous Participation. Transforming Climate Action

This document gathers the experiences of the Kichwa Indigenous Peoples in San Martín and the Quechua Indigenous Peoples in Arequipa through an ethnographic approach that combines documentary research, participant observation, participatory mapping, and interviews. It analyses the participatory spaces promoted by the state and how they contrast
with the realities of Indigenous governance within Protected Natural Areas. Based on these cases, the document offers criteria to improve Indigenous participation and highlights the experience of the Indigenous Peoples’ Platform to Address Climate Change (PPICC) as a model for coordination and strengthened advocacy.