Seven indigenous peoples make up the Yaigojé Apaporis Indigenous Reserve in an area of ​​great cultural diversity in the Colombian Amazon. Due to the fact that mining activities jeopardize its complex of sacred sites, the Indigenous Traditional Authorities requested the Colombian National Natural Parks  (PNNC) to create a protected area overlapping the Reserve. In this contexts, the GAIA Amazonas Foundation developed a methodology for the indigenous communities themselves to manage the creation, planning, and zoning of the Yaigojé Apaporis Indigenous Reserve and Natural National Park.