Munduruku Indigenous Schools – Planalto Santareno
ACRAA PROJECT IN SCHOOLS MUNDURUKU INDIGENOUS SCHOOLS – PLANOALTO SANTERENO In 2023, we were able to start expanding the “ACRAA at School” project, taking environmental education activities to four Munduruku indigenous communities, these located on the Planalto Santareno (Santarém Plateau), in the Baixo Tapajós region. The first activities were carried out in the indigenous community of Açaizal, in partnership with FUNAI. Here we gave lectures to students and teachers at the Wapurum-Tip Indigenous School, where we addressed issues related to environmental conservation, and solutions to minimize problems associated with of garbage and water quality. Previous Next Previous Next We also started the planting of an agroforestry system within the school limits, where what is sought is the production of food and products derived from the forest to complement school lunches – and also generate income so that the school can offer better quality education to its students. In 2023 we…
CEMEI Borari School
ACRAA AT SCHOOL PROJECT CEMEI Borari The ACRAA at School project commenced at the CEMEI Borari School [1] in Alter do Chão at the beginning of the 2022 school year. Here we planted trees inside and outside the educational center to ease the heat, which will transform the school space into a more wooded and cooler environment. The pre-school children participated in the activities, helping with the planting of trees. [1] Municipal Center for Indigenous Early Childhood Education – Professor Marilda Vasconcelos Soares Borari. Previous Next We also held lectures with the CEMEI students and teachers, with the theme of environmental awareness and the importance of children in the process of environmental education of thier parents. In March 2023 we started building a raised bed for growing vegetables for the student’s lunches, and for medicinal plants. Lectures and monthly activities will soon be held here with children from the educational…
Borari Indigenous School
ACRAA AT SCHOOL PROJECT BORARI INDIGENOUS SCHOOL The “ACRAA at School” project began at the Borari Indigenous Elementary School [1] in Alter do Chão in April of 2022 with revitalization of the school nursery. This nursery was sitting unused at this time and in a bad state of repair. [1] Professor Antônio de Sousa Pedroso Municipal Elementary School. Previous Next In August 2022 the project began with lectures and practical classes, working on issues related to environmental education through the school garden theme. Several topics were covered in the form of workshops with three 5th grade classes, each class with an average of 16 students. At the Borari Indigenous School, the “ACRAA at School” project takes place in partnership with the Notório Saber Project, which sets up schedules for workshops and practical activities that take place throughout the semester. A teacher at the school monitors the project activities, with the…
Ecological Restoration
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION Ecological Restoration includes reforestation and other types of work to restore native ecosystems, such as our beach restoration work and the restoration of riparian vegetation along creeks and around wetlands. In ecological restoration only native plants ecologically suited to the site are used, with the seed sourced from the site itself or nearby similar sites if possible. Most of our active ecological restoration work is at present concentrated around Alter do Chão (Pará, Brazil). This work started in February of 2020 with the collection of native seeds from trees and shrubs suitable for planting in high value but degraded ecosystems of the area, this being the beaches surrounding this village. And since then we have continued the work of collecting native seeds from these beaches and growing these into seedlings in our nursery. Throughout 2022 and now into 2023, and using the plants produced from these seeds, we…
Environmental Education
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION We see environmental education as one of the fundamental pillars for building a social and economic system that is sustainable and in harmony with the environment. Studying the environment we live in is not an isolated factor, environmental education also reaches socioeconomic, political, cultural and historical problems through the direct or indirect interaction of these fields with the environment. The planning of an environmentally conscious education is focused on the environmental responsibility of each person, being able to achieve behavioral changes in students making them influential and active in the defense of the environment. In this context, ACRAA created the “ACRAA at School” program, with the aim of promoting and stimulating environmental awareness among students in kindergarten and basic education, with priority given to indigenous schools in the Baixo Tapajós region. We already have projects under development in two indigenous schools of the Borari ethnic group (in Alter…
Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY Our Sustaniability projects are projects that promote and advance sustainable forest and agroforestry based development in the Amazon. These are projects were the goal is to assist families and communities to acheive prosperous and sustainable economies – these being economies where thier quality of life is measurably improved, while at the same time their natural environment is protected and restored for future generations. Our Agroforestry Development work is included here, where we donate agroforestry seedlings to land owners in Alter do Chão and comminities in the surrounding region. But more broadly this also includes our integrated community sustainable development work – such as our recently commenced project in partnership with several indigenous communities in the Planalto area (see projects). Here the approach will be comprehensive, integrating Agroforestry Development with elements of Ecological Restoration and, working with these communities, a strong Environmental Education program in their schools. This is seen…
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TERMS, CONDITIONS, PRIVACY AND SECURITY POLICIES This site is the sole and exclusive property of ACRAA – Alter do Chão Center for Reforestation and Agroforestry in the Amazon. ACRAA’s institutional website available at www.acraabrazil.org and its sub-pages, headquartered in the city of Santarém-PA, Rua Everaldo Martins, s/n, Carauari neighborhood, Alter do Chão, registered with CNPJ under nº 50.161.510 /0001-19. This Privacy and Security Policy aims to inform you about our practices related to the collection, use and disclosure of information and processing of personal data that you may provide to ACRAA through this website. We recommend that you read this Privacy and Security Policy in its entirety before using or providing information to this website. Our Privacy and Security Policy was written in accordance with the General Data Protection Law (LGPD), Law No. legal entity governed by public or private law, with the aim of protecting the fundamental rights of…
ACRAA at School
ACRAA at School Project Project Status: Work with Borari schools in Alter do Chão commenced in April 2022. Ongoing. In order to encourage environmental education, we created the ACRAA at School project, which takes activities related to environmental conservation to basic and early childhood education. We believe that the education of young people is essential for building a sustainable future and that there is a ripple effect when children take the knowledge acquired at school to their communities, reaching a greater number of people. According to the Brazilian National Environmental Education Policy, Law nº 9795/1999, Art 1: “Environmental education is understood as the processes through which the individual and the community build social values, knowledge, skills, attitudes and competences aimed at conservation of the environment, a good for common use by the people, essential to a healthy quality of life and its sustainability.” In this sense, ACRAA has been carrying…
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