Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest

The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (Spanish: Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana, AIDESEP) is a Peruvian national Indigenous rights organization.

A National Board of Directors is elected by nine regional organizations every five years.

The organization comprises 109 federations, representing 2,439 communities of roughly 650,000 Indigenous people who speak a plurality of languages.

[1] Members of AIDESEP work to improve the health, education, housing, and organization of Indigenous peoples.

[citation needed] As of November 2024[update] its current president is Jorge Pérez Rubio,[2] who succeeded Lizardo Cauper Pezo, Henderson Rengifo Hualinga, and Alberto Pizango.