"The RCA originated in 1996 from a Latin American Alliance Network uniting organisations supported by the Rainforest Foundation Norwegian (RFN). This international cooperation agency stimulated the joint action of the organisations supported by itself in diverse Latin American countries with the idea of exchanging experiences with each other and disseminating their work. In 1997, a Brazilian section of this network was created, which in 2000 became independent, giving rise toa national articulation of the RFN’s Brazilian partners around indigenous issues. This articulation was formalized as the RCA (Rede de Cooperação Alternativa: Alternative Cooperation Network), which in 2013 changed its name to the Amazonian Cooperation Network (maintaining its acronym: RCA). ..." - https://rca.org.br/rca-in-english/, 06.08.2022
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