Soluções para Conservação da Amazônia
Instituto Juruá believes that the integration between scientific research, traditional knowledge and local leadership is fundamental to ensure a more sustainable and fair future for the Amazon. Our research program has primarily focused on the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources for hunting, fishing and forest products within riverines communities.
We apply multidisciplinary research techniques to assess the value of conservation, as well as the socioeconomic and cultural benefits generated by community-based management, sustainable use protected areas, and indigenous land.
Our goal is to produce high-quality scientific studies that support the initiatives led by traditional communities in biodiversity conservation, food sovereignty, income generation, and enhance quality of life.
Members of Instituto Juruá have been conducting basic and applied research for over 30 years in the Amazon. Understanding the ecology of the world’s largest tropical forest is of great interest to researchers at Instituto Juruá. Through collaborations, we have develop research within our research groups that encompass various thematic areas described below.
The gap between scientific production and society can lead to misinformation, distorted concepts, and even a complete lack of interest in science. A significant part of this gap lies in language. That is why our scientific outreach program aims to bridge the gap between the science produced at Instituto Juruá and the interested public as well as the residents of the communities involved.
In addition to scientific concepts, we also disseminate the history of struggle and actions of the social movement in the Mid-Juruá territory, which is a key ally to all scientific production at Instituto Juruá.
Among our scientific dissemination tools are: