Iniciativa Amotocodie

Iniciativa Amotocodie is an environmental organization in Paraguay. The NGO has its seat in the town of Filadelfia.[1] Iniciativa Amotocodie is part of the International Alliance for the Protection of Isolated Peoples and is on its executive committee.[2] The members of its board are based in different parts, as well as other Latin American and European countries.[3] Its aims include the cultural strengthening of the Ayoreo ethnic group.[4] Benno Glauser is its director.[5] On December 1, 2010 Paraguayan prosecutors and police broke into the premises of the NGO.[6] According to the organization, the forests of the Chaco are threatened by destruction.[7] This is to a large extent by Germans and foreigners.

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  1. "Home". iniciativa-amotocodie.org.
  2. "About Us -- iniciativa amotocodie". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  3. "About Us -- iniciativa amotocodie". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  4. "Objectives -- iniciativa amotocodie". Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  5. "Expedition 'poses risk to tribes'". 9 November 2010.
  6. "Paraguays Justiz zerrt Menschenrechtsorganisation vor Gericht". Archived from the original on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  7. "In Paraguay a Familiar Story is Playing Out". 21 September 2011.
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