THE VALUE OF THE FOREST
HOW MUCH IS THE STANDING FOREST WORTH? We invited different people to help us understand if there is an answer to this question: researcher Ana Carla Rodrigues, community management specialist José Alves (Silas), local coordinator Almira Nascimento and researcher and president of the Juruá Institute, João Vitor Campos-Silva!In this special episode of Vozes do Juruá, […]
5. THE TASTE THAT THE AMAZON HAS
The taste that the Amazon has is conquering Brazil. In the last episode of the season, Adevaldo Dias tells the story of creating a collective brand: Gosto da Amazônia and how conscious consumption is essential to strengthen the commitment to keep the forest standing and overcome the historical exploitation of extractive communities. Chef Fabiana Pinheiro, […]
[bonus] WOMEN IN VALUE CHAINS
Community women work in different production chains in addition to managing arapaima in the Mid-uruá, and are increasingly gaining ground based on their innovations. In this bonus episode, you hear the results of a Diagnosis of Gender and Youth in Value Chains in the Mid-Juruá. Brought by ASMAMJ and Instituto Juruá with the support of […]
4. THE REVOLUTION OF WOMEN IN FISHING
The experience of being a woman in a fishing community underwent a revolution with the arrival of arapaima management, which provided unprecedented income for women in fishing. In the kitchen, cleaning the fish, at community meetings and in leadership positions – they are conquering places never before imagined. – Production and arts: Clara Machado– Presentation […]
3. HOW MANAGEMENT OF ARAPAIMA WORKS?
It’s not just fishing! Management of arapaima happens all year long and is very well planned, and everything is coordinated by the force of the flooded forest. Invasion of the lakes is prohibited and monitoring is needed. The quantity of fish in the lakes need to be monitored in order to know if the population […]
3. ARAPAIMA: THE FISH OF CHANGE
Fishermen’s knowledge of ecology and science have helped build a fishing model which transformed the lives of those who did not have many options of making a living and are saving a fish from extinction. Ana Claudia Gonçalves works for Instituto Mamirauá as a fishing management program coordinator, shared how this idea came to be. […]
1. WHICH AMAZON ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
To understand the Amazon we are talking about, meet Manoel Cunha. He was born in a rubber plantation, suffered the exploitations of being a rubber tapper at a time when there was still no social organization where he lived. Today he is the current manager of the extractive reserve RESEX Mid-Juruá. – Production and arts: […]
[TRAILER] Vozes do Juruá
VOZES DO JURUÁ, the podcast from Instituto Juruá premieres on Thursday, November 17. In the first season, The Great Red Fish, we will understand what arapaima management is and how it has changed the lives of people who have been fighting exploitation since the Amazon rubber boom.If you enjoy science, support social movements and want […]