The Indigenous Landscapes Consortium was designed specifically to support increased participation of indigenous organizations in decision making processes about regional policies that affect resource distribution, livelihood options, local economies and more in the Andean Amazon. This will be achieved by strengthening the capacity of indigenous organizations from the Amazon to impact public policy, sustainable development, administrative capacity and environmental management.

In the northeastern region of Ecuador, the Cofan people cooperate through their representative organization, FEINCE, and receive assistance from the Fundacion para la Sobrevivencia del pueblo Cofan (FSC) to build the technical and administrative capacity of their leadership. The Cofan landscape includes 415,000 hectares, various colonists and neighboring indigenous peoples (Secoyas, Shuar, Quichua) and is located in a conflict zone.

In Peru, the indigenous landscape includes an area surrounded by four tributaries which make up the headwaters for the Ucayali, Pachitea, Aguaytia, and Callena Rivers as well as the basin of the Tamaya River, covering approximately 3.5 million hectares. This area is home to 153 indigenous communities, including three protected areas (Zona Reservada Sierra del Divisor, Reserva Comunal El Sira, y el Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul). The landscape also includes the Isconahua area, reserved for indigenous populations in voluntary isolation as well as two additional proposed reserves for isolated cacataibo and capanahua populations.

Consortium members include The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Fundacion para la Sobrevivencia del pueblo Cofan (FSC) in Ecuador and Instituto del Bien Comun in Peru. These groups are familiar with the institutional strengthening needs of indigenous organizations in the Andean Amazon region.