Basic baskets start to be distributed along the Juruá River after a successful fundraising campaign
At the beginning of April, the institutions and organizations in the Middle Juruá Territory (TMJ) consortium, together with private companies and groups working for sustainable development and conservation, joined forces and created a campaign to deliver basic food baskets to families who suffered from the severe flood that recently hit the region. The flooding of […]
Vaccination Campaign in Carauari
By Tuila Tachikawa The state of Amazonas has been hit by the pandemic in an extreme way, becoming the worst affected region in Brazil, and continues to suffer intensely from the public health crisis generated by the coronavirus pandemic. Municipalities in the interior of the state, which generally lack intensive care beds, are now fighting […]
Instituto Juruá takes part in a training course on Safeguarding Protection
By Clara Machado The Instituto Juruá team took part in a training course on Safeguarding Protection offered by Synchronicity Earth. Safeguarding Protection is a set of rules established by non-profit organizations to ensure that risks to communities where they operate are avoided or minimized. We know that the entry of researchers, NGO workers and foreigners […]
Emilie Snethlage Expedition: women ornithologists on the Juruá River
By Glaucia Del-Rio The bird collection at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science (LSU) is one of the most important in the world when it comes to birds from the Neotropical region (South America and Central America). Knowing this, around 2014, I made every possible effort to become a doctoral student at the […]
Does it make sense to talk about gender inequality in science?
By Iohara Quirino, Amanda Oliveira e Maíra Pivato In a mind-boggling academic race for publications, project approvals and university vacancies, the truth is that women are constantly behind men. We know that gender inequality is a fact present in the whole of society. For centuries, we women have shown dissatisfaction with the way we are […]
Women’s knowledge about edible biodiversity
By Clara Machado “Who we are” and “what we know” are concepts so intricate that they can become indistinguishable. After all, we form our knowledge about the world from the experiences we have. And our experiences are determined by our gender, age group, territory, skin color and many other factors that make us up. In […]
Voluntary Environmental Agents in the mid-Juruá
By Maria Cunha The Agente Ambiental Voluntário program (Voluntary Environmental Agent – AAV) works on developing collective attitudes to raise public awareness and respect for the environment. It is a creative experience that encourages people to learn, be and do, through the exchange of everyday experiences. The main focus of the program is to help […]
Raimundo Nonato represents the mid-Juruá at Semana Chico Mendes 2020
By Clara Machado Raimundo Nonato, resident of the São Raimundo community, represented the mid-Juruá at Semana Chico Mendes 2020, participating in the round table “Aliança dos Povos da Floresta: Um olhar para o futuro”, organized by the Comissão Pró Índio do Acre and Comitê Chico Mendes, mediated by Camila Martins, which took place on December […]
General director of Instituto Juruá, João Campos-Silva, is recognized as “environmental hero” by CNN International
By Clara Machado After being awarded at the Rolex Awards for Enterprise in 2019, the general director of Instituto Juruá, João Vitor Campos-Silva, was recognized as an environmental hero to inspire us in 2021. The list by CNN International – “Environmental heroes to inspire you in 2021 ”- mentions people from different parts of the […]
ASMAMJ takes part on the III Encontro de Parteiras Tradicionais da Rede Unida
By Clara Machado The Agroextractivist Women’s Association for the mid-Juruá (Associação de Mulheres Agroextrativistas do Médio Juruá; ASMAMJ) took part in the III Traditional Midwives Meeting (Encontro de Parteiras Tradicionais da Rede Unida), on the 29th October, within the virtual program of the 14th Rede Unida International Congress – “Saúde é Vida em Resistência: traçando […]