Gender and Value Chains
Research commissioned by the Association of Agroextractivist Women of Médio Juruá starts this month and intends to bring solutions to strengthen the participation and broaden the visibility of women in the bioeconomy. By Nathália Messina This month we started the ASMAMJ (Association of Agroextractivist Women of Médio Juruá) expedition aboard the Hylea, which will investigate […]
Community and Pandemic
By Maria Cunha Living in the forest is a great challenge… Yes, we live in the most amazing place in the world: NATURE! Nature brings with it countless possibilities; we are privileged beings because we are so close to so much wonder. Every day we have the opportunity to shape a new future for the […]
Instituto Juruá strengthens partnership with Proyecto VASI in Pucallpa, Peru
Proyecto VASI intends to strengthen its partnership with Instituto Juruá to establish the management of arapaima. By Andressa Scabin On March 1st and 2nd this year, the directors of Instituto Juruá, João Vitor Campos e Silva and Andressa Bárbara Scabin, were in Pucallpa, a city in Peru, with the aim of strengthening an alliance that […]
30 years of ASPROC: the association that inspires the best future for the Amazon
The annual meeting of the Association of Rural Producers of Carauari was marked by the memory of the achievements of the collective struggle in the Mid Juruá By João Victor Campos-Silva Between March 31 and April 2, the Instituto Juruá team attended the assembly of the Association of Rural Producers of Carauari (ASPROC). This assembly […]
Instituto Juruá is a signatory of the open letter Ato pela Terra (Act for the Earth)
The protest gathered people in Brasilia, on March 9, to demand the end of the “Destruction Package”, a set of environmental-related bills. By Letícia Araújo Instituto Juruá was one of the 238 organizations signatories of the open letter produced by the organizers of the Ato pela Terra (Act for the Earth), which took place on […]
The theme of Education guides the Week of Indigenous Peoples organized by organized by Conselho Indigenista Missionário (CIMI)
Indigenous Peoples Week seeks to unify the struggle of indigenous peoples from different regions of the country and is part of the national celebrations of indigenous April, next to the Terra Livre Camp in Brasília. By Fábio Pereira and Francisca Cardoso With the sound of the maracá, the stamping of feet on sacred ground, sounds […]
Artistic photography workshop held by Instituto Juruá
Photography was used as a tool to express and strengthen the self-esteem of young people from the Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve. By Andressa Scabin Photography is a way of exposing ideas and feelings through the eyes of someone holding a camera or, more recently, a cell phone. The proposal of the photography workshop taught by […]
Traditional knowledge as an ally in monitoring the Amazon fauna
Published article demonstrates that the local knowledge of Amazonian residents can be more efficient than classical scientific methods to measure the abundance of wild animals. By Clara Machado The Amazon rainforest is home to one of the greatest biodiversity in the world. However, human activities such as deforestation, mining and global warming threaten wildlife in […]
Dreamland
By Maria Cunha Mid-Juruá, a land of dreams, a land of fights, a land of storiesLived stories, painful stories, stories linked to a great conquestsMid-Juruá of the ones who look for the best, who dare, who turn their dreams into a perfect realityHere soil is fertile, every germinated seed comes to lifeFull of positivity, fruits […]
Juruá Institute team meets to strategically plan the year 2022
The meeting took place in January, with a good part of the technical and managerial staff of the institute. By Nathália Messina The first Strategic Planning meeting of the Instituto Juruá took place in Lumiar, in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro, between January 24th and 28th and was attended by a good part of […]