The 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (FOSPA), held August 16–21, 2026, in Puyo, Ecuador, brought together Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, peasant, Montubio, and Quilombola communities, women’s and youth organizations, academia, and civil society organizations from across the Pan-Amazon region.
With the participation of approximately 2,500 people from 32 countries and delegations from the nine Amazonian countries, as well as all indigenous institutional structures in Ecuador and the region—including the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and its member organizations—the Forum served as a broad regional space for coordination, dialogue, and collective action in defense of territories, collective rights, nature and life.
As a result, following the path charted from Belém to Rurrenabaque and on to Puyo, the series of preparatory meetings and webinars, together with the days of in-person debate at the 12th FOSPA, made it possible to collectively develop the Puyo 2026 Action Plan.
This Plan aims to move toward territories free of mining and hydrocarbons, guarantee the Rights of Peoples and of Nature, strengthen the self-determination and autonomy of Indigenous Peoples, and protect those who defend the territories. In addition, it incorporates proposals to promote alternative economies grounded in food sovereignty and the right to life, advance toward climate justice, strengthen practices of care and defense of bodies and territories, and promote active youth participation.
Within the framework of the 12th FOSPA, processes and mandates of great significance were also consolidated. The Autonomous Space of Indigenous Peoples, held on August 16 and 17, culminated in the Puyuk 2026 Mandate of Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities, serving as a roadmap of priorities for the peoples of the Amazon Basin. Likewise, the 3rd Regional Tribunal on the Rights of Nature declared the Amazon a subject of rights and a zone of total exclusion from the expansion of fossil fuels.
The 12th FOSPA revitalized and strengthened the process of coordination and collective action among Amazonian peoples, establishing itself as one of the main regional political forums for their demands and struggles. It took on the challenge of developing concrete actions—beyond the will of governments—to exercise the peoples’ self-determination, guarantee life, and protect collective, human, and nature’s rights.
Read the full Action Plan here