Gaby and Evelin were hugely impressed by the profoundly dignified and dignifying format of the community gatherings we had the privilege of being invited to. In a highly skilled and sophisticated way, everyone was given the floor to speak, all participants laid out their impressions, reflections, and conclusions, one after the other. Clearly, the talking stick format was used without an actual stick , the well-known 'instrument of aboriginal democracy used by many tribes', a method that ensures that everyone is given space to speak.
Andiroba is native to the Amazon and is widely used by the indigenous populations of the northern region of Brasil. The pictures above were shared by Dan Baron in as examples of how the exploitation of the Amazon is being 'sanitised' and depicted as being 'good for the people and the environment', in advertisements by the big corporations. Indeed, life has been transformed in the Amazon. We saw the signs of 'destruction for the sake of modernity' everywhere: hydro dams for the production of electricity that does not support sustainable living but feeds an exploitative industrialisation, and forest degradation for the sake of cows for the hunger for meat and profit for a privileged few.
In that meeting, five Amazon governors and ministers met. Among those attending were Minister of Agriculture Tereza Cristina a ruralist with large agricultural holdings and Minister of Defense Fernando Azevedo.
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We have a wonderful morning with Cris, Cristiane Vieira da Cunha! Here is AfroRaiz in November and December , celebrating their Europe tour with acai left and certificates right.
Dan writes on 17th December 'A toast to you all, let's keep the flame of good life alight, for the next decade! Gaby and Evelin attempt to take the overland bus whenever possible and try to avoid flying as much as possible. On this flight, several other human behaviours were visible that are destructive for the environment: 1. Thank you, dear Gaby! What would we have done without YOU!!! We are in deep gratitude! You see Gaby on the picture above in front of a variety of 'bombons' fruit in chocolate.
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These are the different fruits:. Global demand for the fruit expanded rapidly in the 21st century and so the tree is cultivated for that purpose primarily. The species is native to Brasil, Peru, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, mainly in swamps and floodplains. The fruit is small, round, and black-purple in color.
The fruit became a staple food in floodplain areas around the 18th century, but its consumption in urban areas and recognition as a health food only began in the mid s along with the popularisation of other Amazonian fruits outside the region. Paraense cacao, Theobroma cacao , also called the cacao tree and the cocoa tree, is a small 4—8 m 13—26 ft tall evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae, native to the deep tropical regions of the Americas.
Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. The brigadeiro is a traditional Brazilian dessert, created by a confectioner from Rio de Janeiro, Heloisa Nabuco de Oliveira. It is made of condensed milk, cocoa powder, butter, and chocolate sprinkles covering the outside layer. Tapereba Spondias mombin, or hog plum , also known as yellow mombin or hog plum is a species a tree and flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the tropical Americas, including the West Indies.
It is rarely cultivated except in parts of the Brazilian Northeast. Muruci Byrsonima crassifolia is a species of flowering plant bearing fruit in the acerola family, Malpighiaceae, that is native to tropical America. Common names include changunga, muruci, murici, nanche, nance, nancite, chacunga, craboo, kraabu, savanna serrette or savanna serret and golden spoon. In Jamaica it is called hogberry plural hogberries. It's valued for its small between one, and one and a quarter centimeter in diameter round, sweet yellow fruit which is strongly scented. The fruits have a very pungent and distinct flavour and smell.
The taste is not comparable to any other fruit. Bacuri Platonia Platonia insignis , the sole species of the genus Platonia, is a tree of the family Clusiaceae native to South America in the humid forests of Brasil, Paraguay, parts of Colombia and northeast to Guyana; specially in Amazon Rainforest.
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There was a degree of nomenclatural confusion, caused by Moronobea esculenta. If that were validly published for this species the current name would be Platonia esculenta. It was established that Moronobea esculenta is not a formal name not "validly published" , so the name remains Platonia insignis.
Indigenous names include juvia in the Orinoco area. In Cuba , the nut is alternatively called coquito de Santiago , literally St. James coconut. Fortunately, not everything is in plastic bottles, there are also some glass containers, for example, with Jambu, and with Pimenta de cheiro:. Jambu , or acmella oleracea is a species of flowering herb in the family Asteraceae.
Common names include toothache plant, paracress, Sichuan buttons, buzz buttons, tingflowers and electric daisy. Its native distribution is unclear, but it is likely derived from a Brazilian Acmella species. It is grown as an ornamental and attracts fireflies when in bloom. It is used as a medicinal remedy in various parts of the world.
A small, erect plant, it grows quickly and bears gold and red inflorescences. It is frost-sensitive but perennial in warmer climates. Os cultivares da C. It is a small, yellow pepper, divided into buds and with an elongated shape. It is the strongest Brazilian pepper. On the website of his Instituto Humana there is a description of the values that guide his work: 'The values that inspire us See also a film about his work that Sandro shared with us. Our dear Kjell Skyllstad brought Kamolrat Intaratat to us.
She travelled for 42 hours, together with her colleagues Piyachat, all the way from Bangkok to the Amazon.
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In the lobby of the hotel, where we met, there was a big cow He decided to take the image home. However, the image would mysteriously go back to the place where it was initially found every time he took it home. This episode was regarded as miraculous throughout the region. It attracted hundreds of believers to see the image and pay homage to it'. The picture on the right side shows a poster displayed in the church, proof that the Catholic Church uses the latest environmentally friendly technology. We learned that the Catholic Church is well organised in contrast to many evangelical communities.
The fort failed to suppress Dutch and French trading, but did ward off colonization'. Among UFPA research teams, there are many nationally recognized groups, particularly in the fields of genetics, parasitology, tropical diseases and geosciences.
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We were very impressed by the posters a group of young students had created among them Tatiana Araujo! The book tabe was astonishing: Rosa Luxemburg, Hegel The island has 17 km 11 mi of beaches with freshwater tides, which draw vacationers primarily in the dry season. The largest settlement on the island is the town of Vila often referred to simply as Mosqueiro on the westernmost part of the island'. We witnessed a strike of motocycle taxi drivers see the photo on the left side.
Evelin Lindner's reflections on the houses alongside the road: 'How sad that houses look exactly alike all around the globe now: Boxes of concrete columns filled with bricks. If I had a magic wand, I would replace all these buildings over night with local architecture Evelin Lindner's contribution. Please see the wonderful film that Sandro created about his work. Plese see the video-recording of Evelin Lindner's contribution to this conference, titled ' Encontre e conecte! Thank you, dear Sandro and Marlucia, for welcoming us in your paradise in the Amazon Rainforest, surrounded by wonderful vegetation, by monkeys, iguanas , birds, tucanos , parrots, and many other animals.
As Marlucia, Sandro's wife, said paraphrased : 'What makes this place a paradise is exactly what those people don't want to have who destroy it and burn it Toucans are members of the Neotropical near passerine bird family Ramphastidae. The Ramphastidae are most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often-colorful bills.
Sloths are arboreal mammals noted for slowness of movement and for spending most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rain forests of South America and Central America. The six species are in two families: two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths.
Despite this traditional naming, all sloths actually have three toes on each rear limb, although two-toed sloths have two digits on each forelimb. Where is our local pride, I want to ask all those people who plan for such buildings. The Amazon Rainforest is such a miraculously complex system, and people who know how to live within it sustainably, THEY are the ones who are truly developed Evelin Lindner's reflections: 'Again, as everywhere else in the world, also here I see this global uniformity, high rise buildings that are supposed to impress with their "modernity" but elicit sadness and resignation.
As everywhere else, they usually are already dilapidated when new, and the ubiquitous "cable salad" laughs at them. Where is the city I hope for? Where is the city that is truly future-oriented, that expresses dignified and dignifying unity in diversity, where is the city that nourishes, rather than be exploitative? This is what happened in the once 'wealthy' oil town of Maracaibo in March '. The institution has the mission of researching, cataloging and analysing the biological and sociocultural diversity of the Amazon Basin, contributing to its cultural memory and its regional development.
It has also the aim of increasing public awareness of science in the Amazon by means of its museums, its botanical garden, its zoological park, etc. On the picture on the right above, you see Alexandre B. You see an overview over the degradation of the forest, as well as over the deforestation, and you understand that it is impossible to replant the original forest, as it does not simply consist of trees, but is a complex system of plants and animals. On the picture on the right, you see the human-made plastic pollution exhibited.
See also the video recording of the great explanations of our guide.