Songs that cannot be silenced
By Renato Rocha In August 1979, the Porantim newspaper, published by the Indigenous Missionary Council, printed in one of its pages a list of 85 names of indigenous people of the Deni ethnic group who had died as a result of an outbreak of tuberculosis that was devastating the villages of the Xeruã river, an […]
Health in the Roque Community
By Rodrigo Carmino When it comes to health, we’re directly discussing life – human lives or animal lives, both are extremely important. The Roque Community has approximately 700 people: men, women, elderly, youngsters and children who are hostages of a single health center and an agent who works there, all at the mercy of the […]
Get to know the Fundo de Repartição de Benefícios do Médio Juruá
By Raqueline Nery The Fundo de Repartição de Benefícios do Médio Juruá (FRBMJ) has been active in the Médio Juruá region since 2013 indirectly through financial donations via Social and Environmental Projects, implemented by institutions in the region, and only in 2017 was formally created in accordance with the Law of Biodiversity, the law 13.123 […]
Climate Change, with André Junqueira
Climate change affects biodiverse areas across the planet, and scientists predict a drastic reduction in populations of native species crucial to the agroextractive economy. In the Amazon, the vulnerability of ecosystems to climate change extends to rural communities, which depend economically on the management of natural resources. We invited Dr. André Junqueira to talk about […]
Climate Change, with André Junqueira
Por Clara Machado Climate change affects biodiverse areas across the planet, and scientists predict a drastic reduction in populations of native species crucial to the agroextractive economy. In the Amazon, the vulnerability of ecosystems to climate change extends to rural communities, which depend economically on the management of natural resources. We invited Dr. André Junqueira […]
Turtle conservation that benefits migratory birds
By Clara Machado Freshwater turtles have been a popular resource in Amazonian cuisine since before Europeans arrived on the South American continent. Due to high exploitation over the last century in the form of hunting and the collection of eggs, mainly to serve as food, turtles have experienced drastic reductions in their populations. Community-based conservation […]
Get to know the cooperative responsible for the successful commercialization of vegetable oils in Juruá
By Andressa Scabin The Mixed Cooperative of Sustainable Development and Solidarity Economy of the Mid-Juruá (CODAEMJ) was created in 2003, and represents an important link in the oil seed production chain in the Mid-Juruá. This cooperative is responsible for carrying out the collection of raw materials from the forest, as well as the processing, production […]
8M – Exchanging flowers for responsibility
By Daniela França I am a scientist, environmental consultant, scientific disseminator, activist and mother. I earned this space to talk about motherhood and science in a country where a man hits with one hand, and yet with the other offers flowers in the Month of Women. Maybe I didn’t win the space, but I did […]
The Juruá women’s association with Quilvilene da Cunha
Por Clara Machado Extractive women have their freedom limited either by the obedience they owe to their father and, after marriage to their husband, or by the lack of involvement in decisions on how to spend the income produced collectively by the family. Despite participating in the various tasks of swidden agriculture, fishing and extractivism, […]
Personalities of the Mid-Juruá
By Ozangela Cunha de Lima A strong female role model in my community is my grandmother Noemia da Silva Rodrigues. A warrior woman, a farmer who worked hard to support her fourteen children. She was a wife, mother and a great leader, Noemia was the matriarch of our community. My grandmother Noemia was an example […]