The Chakra Group is an inter- institutional platform created in 2017 by the Prefecture of Napo to strengthen and preserve the Amazonian Chakra, an ancestral Kichwa agroforestry system. Comprised of indigenous communities, the prefecture of the province, local governments, academia and cooperation agencies, this mechanism promotes climate resilience and food security through public policies, training and certifications. It has promoted public policies such as the provincial ordinance on the recognition of the Chakra, as well as certification mechanisms such as the Participatory Guarantee System (SPG) and the Chakra Seal, which allow producers to access fair and differentiated markets.
This case study is part of a special collection that is part of Regions4’s work on Subnational Just Resilience, and is supported by the Scottish Government. Its aim is to identify, highlight, and analyze experiences developed by regional governments in the Global South that exemplify approaches and actions that integrate environmental sustainability with social and/or economic justice. Each case is analyzed based on Just Resilience criteria (available here).
The full case study in Spanish is available below. The English and French versions will be available soon.