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Agri-Forest Agents

Project Location: Brazil

Global Partner: Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

8+2 Areas:

Environmental Sustainablity

Agri-Forest Agents helps local indigenous people defend their land from outside, exploitative interests, educates the population about the long-term environmental damage being done, and assists the community in rebuilding the land through seed planting and sustainable management of animals like bees and fish.

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Agri-Forest Agents Program

The Agri-Forest Agents' educational programs train the lcoal community members on how to protect indigenous lands and resources. They teach communities how to become more environmentally sustainable by using the natural resources around them through animal management and plant maintenance.

Agri-Forest Agents actively advocate for the protection of indigenous lands. Agri-Forest Agents work to help indigenous communities understand and talk about the invasion of logging and mining operations on their land so they can take action and prevent the destruction of their lands. The organization also advocates on behalf of the interests of indigenous people by negotiating with government, businesses, and citizen sector organizations.

Why the need?

The Brazilian state of Acre, occupied mainly by indigenous people, contains some of Brazil’s most valuable natural resources. Lack of state-enforced regulation on extractive industries like mining and logging is threatening the land and the people that live on through pollution, eco-system destruction, and unsustainable extraction.

The Ashaninka tribe is one of the largest indigenous groups in South America and their land that is increasingly invaded by the logging industry. Ashaninka communities receive little support from the government and lack the tools to respond to this exploitation or defend themselves.

How Team Efforts Translates to Impact

All funds raised will support Agri-Forest Agents' educational programs and trainings in protecting indigenous lands and resources.

How Agri-Forest Agents Creates Sustainable Global Change

Agri-Forest Agents utilizes indigenous environmental conservation techniques appropriate for the region. The organization employs a model that can be used in any indigenous culture, anywhere in the world to help solve similar challenges.

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