Edel Moraes: the defender of the forest peoples in Brasília
Afro-Indigenous, a cabocla, and a ribeirinha, the woman at the helm of one of the most important departments in the environment ministry recalls that under Bolsonaro the words 'traditional' and 'communities' couldn't even be used together. Now, reconstruction demands time. 'We're reforesting'
Lula, listen to
the new generation
The children and adolescents of the city of Altamira, SUMAÚMA’s base and a region violently affected by the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant, tell Brazil’s president-elect Lula what they want from him
Lula, listen to the
non-human peoples
In the third part of our Nature in Power series, SUMAÚMA brings you voices for those that are never heard, although they are most affected by the planet’s dominant species
Lula, listen to the Yanomami
Continuing the series Nature in Power, SUMAÚMA amplifies the voice of the shaman Davi Kopenawa and other important leaders of one of the most extraordinary peoples on Earth, the Yanomami, who are today at high risk due to an invasion of gold miners into their territory
Message to Lula 2: Listen to Brazil’s Quilombola and riverine peoples
What the Amazon’s traditional populations, agroecological workers and leaders of social movements want from the president-elect
Message to Lula 1: Listen to Brazil’s indigenous peoples
What do the peoples of the Amazon rainforest and other biomes want from the president-elect? These communities have demands that cannot wait.
