Instituto Juruá participates in the 29th Ordinary Meeting of the Mid Juruá Territory Fórum
Instituto Juruá was present at the most recent edition of the Mid Juruá Territory Forum meeting, which took place on June 17 and 18, 2022. This was the first face-to-face meeting after the coronavirus pandemic began. By Letícia Araújo The Mid Juruá Territory Forum (TMJ) is composed of organizations that act or are interested in […]
Public and private organizations denounce the advance of ilegal mining in the Juruá River
The Mid Juruá Territory Forum (TMJ), an institution that brings together public and private organizations active in the Mid Juruá Territory, denounces the transit and permanence of rafts and mining dredges on the Juruá River, in the municipalities of Carauari and Juruá – AM By Talita Oliveira | Coletivo do Pirarucu The Middle Juruá Territory […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Instituto Juruá’s Forest Scientists Program promotes field course in Conservation Biology
What if the classroom was in the middle of the Amazon rainforest? By Andressa Scabin e Júlio Cesar Voltolini What if the class included feeling the forest floor beneath your feet? Coun flowers and fruits around? Estimate the height of the treetops? Count insects flying and jumping as we pass them? Assess how light and […]
Knowledge meeting between managers, monitors and researchers discuss the conservation and the management of species in Mid Juruá
The meeting held by IPÊ was attended by approximately 70 people and discussed data from species monitoring to propose new interpretations and actions for their conservation. Por Bernardo Oliveira The Mid- Juruá region can be considered a model for the Amazon. There are many projects that make the place something different from what is seen […]
Ecojewels Workshop for women held in the Mid-Juruá
By Raqueline Nery and Quilvilene Cunha The management of Arapaima has been a reality in the Mid-Juruá region since 2011, the result of involvement, persistence and a lot of willpower of the community, grassroots organizations, and partner institutions. It was observed that the Arapaima’s viscera and scales were randomly discarded at the edge of the […]
Forest Olympics brings together young people from 42 communities in the Middle Juruá region for moments of integration through sport
Children and teenagers competed and played in various sports By Bernardo Oliveira Unity is a highly valued concept among riverside communities in the Mid-Juruá region. In general, community members from different families come together to make flour, build houses, and manage pirarucu. And it was the possibility of promoting the union between riverside youths from […]