This Monday (5) is the Day of the Amazon. The date has emerged as a way to draw people’s attention to the world’s largest biome. To give greater visibility to the date, National Geographic Brasil has developed a series of special and informative contents on the Amazon, available on its website.
One of the main issues addressed is agroforestry, a set of techniques that combine agriculture and ecological conservation or restoration. This concept is explained in a didactic and interactive way through an infographic specially developed to celebrate the date.
Reports with mini-documentaries on the Rio Negro Traditional Agricultural System are also available on the site. Find out more below:
How does agroforestry work in the Amazon?
Written by journalist Letícia Klein and illustrated by Luiz Iria, an internationally awarded infographic artist and former infographic director at Editora Abril, the infographic explains the logic of agroforestry systems in Brazil’s largest biome.
By bringing together different agricultural, fruit and tree species for the cultivation and trade of vegetables, fruit, seeds and wood – all with minimal impact on forest biodiversity – the implementation of agroforestry systems is an economic alternative to advancing deforestation. in the Amazon region, for example, of permanent forestry.
In the infographic, the public can learn step by step the process of implementing agroforestry: soil preparation, planting of seedlings, harvesting and entry of fruits into the economic wheel – both as a raw material and as a product, in addition to better understanding its origin, advantages and current examples.
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What is the traditional agricultural system?
Over 80,000 indigenous people of 23 different peoples live along the Rio Negro that crosses the north of Brazil. The SAT (Traditional Agricultural System) is the sum of the techniques, in addition to their cosmologies, rituals and ways of relating to the forest of the peoples of the region. Since 2010, the SAT has been considered Brazilian cultural heritage.
To present more on the subject, National Geographic Brasil had the support of ISA (Instituto Socioambiental) for the production of three special reports with information, images and mini-documentaries.
The first report explains how ancestral agricultural practices work and their place in the cosmology of the region’s indigenous peoples. The second is dedicated to the relationship between the SAT and forestry, such as the Casa de Frutas project and the participation of indigenous agriculture in the National School Feeding Program. The third addresses the impacts of climate change in the north of the Brazilian Amazon, as well as its relationship with the prophecies of indigenous tradition.
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What you do is important
All the contents developed are part of the What You Do Matters campaign, by National Geographic Brazil, which, through multiple platforms and various initiatives, seeks to raise awareness of the importance of collective action for the planet.
Far beyond Amazon Day, in recent months National Geographic Brazil has launched special reports on the Amazon biome and the environment, including an immersion in contemporary Brazilian indigenous music and a visit to the scientific research projects that the legendary biologist and National Geographical explorer Thomas Lovejoy left the Amazon as a legacy.
Profiles of three Brazilian women fighting climate change have also been published: Txai Suruí, Amanda Costa and Paulina Chamorro, among other content that can be seen in this link.
Featured Image: André Dib/ National Geographic
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