CEAMA, REPAM, REIBA, PUAM, and SJPAM Launch a Series of Webinars Leading Up to the 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum
In preparation for the 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (FOSPA), the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), together with the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), the Ecclesial Network for Intercultural Bilingual Education in the Amazon (REIBA), the Amazonian University Program (PUAM), and the Pan-Amazonian Jesuit Service (SJPAM), will host the webinar series “Church with an Amazonian Face Leading Up to FOSPA: Water, Life, and Territories,” a space for formation, dialogue, and collaboration to explore the challenges facing the Amazon and strengthen the Church’s commitment to defending life and territories.
The series will take place on July 1, 15, and 29, 2026, bringing together pastoral workers, community leaders, social organizations, indigenous peoples, youth, academics, and individuals committed to caring for our Common Home.
The sessions will be held at:
* 5:00 p.m. (Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador)
* 6:00 p.m. (Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, and Brazil – Manaus)
* 7:00 p.m. (Brazil – Brasília)
This initiative seeks to create a space for reflection based on the experience of a Church with an Amazonian face, in harmony with the synodal process, integral ecology, and the struggles of the peoples inhabiting the Amazon.
Road to the 12th FOSPA
The webinar series is part of the preparations for the 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (FOSPA), to be held August 16–22, 2026, in Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador, under the theme “The Amazon: One Territory.” The gathering will bring together Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendant communities, local communities, social movements, civil society organizations, and academic circles from across the Amazon basin to develop joint proposals and actions in defense of life and Amazonian territories.
Since its creation in 2002, FOSPA has established itself as one of the main spaces for political and social coordination in the Amazon, promoting the defense of human rights and nature, climate justice, the self-determination of peoples, and alternatives to the advance of extractivism.
Water, Life, and Territories
The central theme of the series, “Water, Life, and Territories,” seeks to highlight the inseparable relationship between Amazonian peoples, their territories, and the ecosystems that sustain life.
In a context marked by the climate crisis, deforestation, river pollution, the expansion of extractive activities, and threats against territorial defenders, water emerges as a fundamental element for the life, spirituality, culture, and survival of Amazonian peoples.
Through these virtual meetings, the organizing organizations aim to provide analytical tools, strengthen socio-environmental awareness, and promote active participation by ecclesial communities in the processes leading up to FOSPA 2026.
A Church Committed to the Amazon
The initiative expresses the Amazonian Church’s commitment to the processes of listening, coordination, and defense of our Common Home promoted by the Synod for the Amazon and the apostolic exhortation *Querida Amazonía*.
On this journey, the partner organizations seek to continue strengthening an ecclesial presence close to the peoples, capable of accompanying their struggles, recognizing their knowledge, and contributing to the construction of alternatives that guarantee the protection of the Amazon as a source of life for all humanity.
The webinar series will also be an opportunity to amplify the voices from the territories and delve deeper into the major challenges that will shape the agenda of the 12th FOSPA, reaffirming that the defense of the Amazon is a shared responsibility and an urgent task for present and future generations.