ACRAA Updates
ACRAA Overview and Operational Plan (2024) The attached document presents and overview of ACRAA along with our operational plan (latest edits August 2024). PRIVACY AND DATA USE POLICY RIGHT TO DATA PRIVACY Rua Everaldo Martins, s/n., Bairro Carauari, Alter do Chão, Santarém-PA. CEP 68109-000 contact@acraabrazil.org CNPJ: 50161.510/0001-19 Instagram
Santarém Plateau
Santarém Plateau Sustainability Project In early 2023, ACRAA initiated a meaningful partnership with the Munduruku indigenous communities of the Planalto de Santarém region, located south of Santarém city. Our collaborative work began with environmental education initiatives and agroforestry support, responding directly to the communities’ expressed needs during our initial consultations. 2023-2025: Building Foundations Through Education and Action Our first year of engagement (2023), conducted in coordination with FUNAI [1], focused on: Donating agroforestry seedlings to multiple communities Conducting environmental workshops at scattered rural schools Establishing trust through culturally sensitive dialogue We maintained this support in 2024 through continued seedling donations. By early 2025, we deepened our commitment by helping the Açaizal community [2] establish a permanent nursery infrastructure: Constructed a seedling-production facility Installed specialized sand seed-germination beds Completed the project during intensive workdays on January 14 & 19, 2025 Future Vision: Integrated Landscape Restoration Our long-term goals with the Munduruku…
Ilha do Amor
Our Ecological Restoration work on Ilha do Amor (the Island of Love) is now in its fourth year, standing as a vital initiative for the environmental recovery of this special area. Since its beginning in 2022, we have worked in close partnership with the Borari people, especially Neca Borari, chief of the Borari Indigenous community in Alter do Chão, whose traditional knowledge and dedication have been key to the project’s success. As of May 2025, we have planted over a thousand trees, a milestone that celebrates not only forest regeneration but also the union of traditional wisdom and environmental conservation. Our goal is to continue expanding this work in the coming years, carrying out annual plantings between November and January, when the river level is at its lowest. Initially, we prioritized planting Cumandá, a resilient native species, using saplings up to 3 meters tall to ensure greater resistance to the…
Biographies
Professional Biographies ACRAA Management Team Katiane Araújo Lourido Degree in Full Licentiate in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Western Pará/UFOPA (2016). Master’s in Environmental Sciences, in the area of concentration of bioprospecting of natural products – UFOPA. Experience in extraction and bioactivity of essential oils. Teaching Science and Biology and environmental education. Katiane is also the lead instructor and manager of ACRAA’s “ACRAA in the Schools” environmental education program. She is also a founding member and the current President. Diêgo Figueiredo de Siqueira Simplício Email: diego@acraabrazil.org Diêgo Figueiredo is a Brazilian lawyer, holding a Law degree from the University of Triângulo Mineiro (UNITRI, 2012) and registered with the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/MG) under number 148.062 (2013). His professional training includes four years of internships across three different institutions: the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Cláudio-MG (civil law), the UNIFENAS Legal Assistance Center in Poços de Caldas-MG (also civil law), and the Public Defender’s Office of…
Nursery Beginnings
ACRAA Nursery: The Beginning ACRAA was just an idea until, in late 2019 and early 2020, two lots (side-by-side) were purchased by Thor in Alter do Chão. And the first thing we had to do is clear the jungle which has overgrown these properties. The photos below show Diego and Daki helping with this work in early 2020, this was the very beginning. Note also that the photo at the top-left shows where the nursery is now. With a small makeshift germination bed in one corner of the property, the ACRAA nursery began at the same time. This with the germination of the first seeds of a tree species know locally as Comandá. These seeds were collected from trees growing on the beaches of Alter do Chão, including the Ilha do Amor. Thor led this early endevour until he returned to Canada in June 2020, but the work was continued…
ACRAA Volunteers
ACRAA Volunteers This page is dedicated to acknowledging and thanking those people that have volunteered their time in ACRAA’s nursery and in assisting in our day-to-day activities. The photos show our volunteers at work, and are presented with the most recent first – click on each to see the full-sized image. However, not included here are the many other volunteers that have stepped forward and helped at our planting and other events – to these people we say thank you very much as well. Many of these people can be seen in photos on our project pages. A special thanks to Waldeir, ACRAA’s Professional Forester, for organizing students from UFOPA (The Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém), to help us at ACRAA. A big thank you to Daki as well for giving her Sundays to lead our weekly Volunteer Day at ACRAA. Comandá seedling ready to be potted. July…
June 2, 2022 Planting
Tree Planting at the Escola CEMEI Borari – June 2, 2022 One June 2, 2022 ACRAA associates Diego, Thais and Jaci, along with volunteers Iolanda, ***, *** and *** planted six trees along the road in front of the Escola CEMEI Borari, each fitted with a protective wooden cage. The photos below illustrate this work.
School Ceremony April 20/22
Escola CEMEI Borari – Indigenous Peoples Week Ceremony 2022. April 20, 2022 On April 20, 2022 ACRAA was honoured with a role as part of the annual Indigenous Peoples Week celebration at the Escola CEMEI Borari. This included a wonderful display of indigenous art produced by the children, and small tree planting ceremony which was led by Diego. Music and dancing completed the ceremony. ACRAA associates Andrei and Thais were also in attendance. The photos below illustrate this day. These images show the importance given by the leaders of this school in keeping the Borari tradicions alive.
School Nursery Revision – May 2022
Nursery Revision at Escola Professor Antônio de Sousa Pedroso Over the period of several days during the month of May of 2022, ACRAA performed a complete revsion of the already existing (but in state of disrepair) plant nursery at the Escola Professor Antônio de Sousa Pedroso. This involved removing the old and badly torn shade cloth, constructing an inclining top (to better shed leaves), installing new shade cloth, and construction of three raised beds. The photos below illustrate this work.
Escola CEMEI Borari
Municipal Center for Indigenous Child Education – Professor Marilda Vasconcelos Soares Borari (Escola CEMEI Borari) The Municipal Center for Indigenous Child Education – Professor Marilda Vasconcelos Soares Borari (Escola CEMEI Borari) is a preschool/kindergarden located in Bairro Novo, a neighborhood of Alter do Chão. ACRAA Collaboration with this School ACRAA’s first collaboration with the Escola CEMEI Boarari consisted of assiting with the preparations for, and then attending as honoured guests, celebrations at the school marking Indigenous Peoples Week. This event occured on April 20, 2022. See here for details of this ceremony. On June 2, 2022 ACRAA planted a number of trees along the road in front of this school, as a token commemorating World Environment Day (June 5). See here for photos.
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