In the context of the Baka Rokarire carbon project, communities of the Pirá Paraná - an indigenous territory deep in the Colombian Amazon rainforest - have been sharply divided. Their current authorities filed a protection action against the project, which was approved and began selling its first credits this year. These are the milestones of that conflict.
The authorities of the Pirá Paraná, including the captains of each of its communities and its six wise elders, create the Indigenous Council with a view to becoming a territorial entity.
See creation document.
The Colombian Ministry of the Interior officially registers the creation of the Indigenous Council of the Pirá Paraná as an instance of community governance.
See registration document
The assembly of the Indigenous Council meets to appoint Jesús León as the new legal representative of Acaipi, the association of traditional authorities of the Pirá Paraná, replacing Jhon Fredy Benjamín.
See meeting document
Corporación Masbosques and the former legal representative of Acaipi, Jhon Fredy Benjamín, sign a mandate contract to carry out a carbon credit project in the Pirá Paraná.
The Ministry of Interior registers Jesús León as Acaipi's legal representative.
See document
Masbosques submits the technical document supporting the Baka Rokarire project to the certifying company Cercarbono, initiating the validation and verification process.
See project document
US audit firm Ruby Canyon Environmental validates that the Baka Rokarire project reduced 1.3 million tons of greenhouse gases for the period 2018 to 2020.
See document.
Certifier Cercarbono issues a certificate of credits to the Baka Rokarire project for 1.3 million tons of
carbon dioxide CO2 not released into the atmosphere.
See certificate.
The project sells those first 1.3 million carbon credits to a company called Latin Checkout.
See document.
The legal representatives of Acaipi and the Indigenous Council, as community leaders, file a protection action against the project, arguing that it violates the fundamental rights to cultural integrity, self-government and territorial integrity as indigenous peoples.
See legal action.
A first instance judge in Bogotá denies the indigenous people's protection action, a decision they challenge a few days later.
See the judge's document.
The second instance judge, of the Superior Court of Bogotá, declares the judgement null and void and returns it to the first judge.
See decision of the court.
Delta Airlines records that it used the 1.3 million carbon credits from the Baka Rokarire project to offset its CO2 emissions.
The judge of first instance again denies the protection action brought by the community.
See the judge's document.
The indigenous authorities of Pirá Paraná challenged the second ruling of the first instance judge.
A judge of the Superior Court of Bogotá also rules against the authorities of Pirá Paraná, which means that they have already exhausted the previous instances and can request the Constitutional Court to select the case.
See the judge's decision