Pedro Rivera Zea, Representative of CHIRAPAQ, Peru

Pedro Rivera Zea is Peruvian, a native Quechua-speaking person, born in the Community of San Francisco de Pujas, Vilcashuamán, Ayacucho. Pedro has been a member of the Executive Council of Chirapaq for many years, fulfilling his commitment to support the aspirations of Indigenous peoples and rights at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

He is an agronomist and holds a Master's Degree in Watershed Management from the San Cristóbal de Huamanga National University in Ayacucho. Peru.

Pedro has worked with and for the benefit of Indigenous peoples for more than 35 years holding various institutional job positions concerning the agrarian development of Indigenous Peoples. More recently, he is the Regional Country Coordinator of Chirapaq (Center for Indigenous Cultures of Peru), responsible for the Indigenous Food Sovereignty, Territorial Development and Climate Change Program.