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 […]
About loneliness
By João Campos-Silva I was thinking a lot about the effect of loneliness on the human condition. I had just completed 160 days living on the boat and, even with the three co-workers on the journey, sometimes a feeling of emptiness ran through my veins. I thought I was facing such loneliness. In the […]
Manuel Siqueira, president of ASPROC
By Clara Machado ASPROC (Associação de Produtores Rurais de Carauari) was the first organization created in the middle Juruá. With 27 years of experience, it operates in the organization and commercialization of rural production from the region’s agrextractivist communities, in addition to the fundamental role of the struggle for territory and the creation of conservation […]
The capacity of different forests to store carbon
By Clara Machado Would individuals of the same tree species growing in seasonally flooded várzea forest, or unflooded terra firme forest have the same capacity to store carbon as woody biomass? This was a question that PhD student Yennie Bredin with colleagues from Instituto Juruá asked themselves in their publication “Forest type affects the capacity […]
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 […]
“Gosto da Amazônia” takes sustainably managed pirarucu to São Paulo
By Clara Machado Gosto da Amazônia is a brand collectively created to promote the commercialization of wild management pirarucu (Arapaima). From the brand’s slogan “flavor that preserves the forest”, Gosto da Amazônia is committed to the promotion of conservation, fair and transparent trade and local economic development. The pirarucu products that the brand commercializes comes […]
Expansion of pirarucu management to new communities on the Juruá River
By João Vitor Campos-Silva This year, an important step was taken to empower local communities in protecting their territories. The idea is to expand the management of pirarucu to rural communities in the municipality of Itamarati. This work started four years ago with community meetings and social mobilization in the region. Last year, about 150 […]
The Mid-Juruá region, by Carlos Peres
By Clara Machado Born in Belém and based in England, Carlos Peres has been studying, for the last 30 years, wildlife community ecology in Amazonian forests, the population ecology of key tropical forest resource populations, and biological criteria for designing large nature reserves. He currently co-directs four ecology and conservation research programs in Amazonian forests […]