ALIANÇA REFLORESTAR DA AMAZÔNIA

The Amazon Reforestation Alliance is a non-profit consortium between non-governmental organizations, indigenous associations, producer cooperatives, and companies. We united with the objective of carrying out agroforestry agrosystem in traditional communities in the Amazon.

Consortium is a Latin word that means partnership, association or society, and derives from Consors, “partner”, formed by con “together” and sores “destiny”. It is in the strength of the collective, the partnership, and the understanding of a common destiny built by us that this initiative is born and in which it is strengthened.

We are an institutional arch that represents different segments of society committed to protecting the Amazon Forest and restoring deforested areas.

Starting from local communities and grassroots movements and associating with those who, in different parts of the country and the world, value the forest standing, alive and full, we founded a consortium capable of operational and administrative execution.

We are committed both to the peoples of the forest who work the land and protect the Amazon, and to the funders who share our vision and make this work possible.With commitment, representativeness, capacity for execution and quality in what we do, we sow the seeds of this alliance and work to make it grow and expand. Support our initiative and join this network!

Leader of the Ashaninka people of the Amônia, in Marechal Thaumaturgo, AC, and current coordinator of OPIRJ (Organization of Indigenous Peoples those of the Juruá River). The Ashaninka of Amônia act beyond the limits of their territory. In 2015, they were the first indigenous people to access Amazon Fund resources directly through the Alto Juruá project, which executed more than BRL 6 million and involved communities indigenous and non-indigenous people located around its territory. Sustainable forest management and agroforestry production were the basis of the initiative. Piyãko was an advisor and secretary of the state government of Acre for indigenous affairs between 2003 and 2010. He then advised the presidency of the National Indian Foundation

Leadership responsible for bringing Rio-92 to Brazil; producer, along with rubber tappers and indigenous people, of Vegetal Leather from the Amazon. Build up together with Ailton Krenak and Rodrigo Baggio, Rede Povos da Floresta. Raised funds for the construction of the Yorenka Etame Center in support to leader Benki Ashaninka, and financed his reforestation from 2007 to 2009. He coordinated and articulated, together with Ailton Krenak, the installation of 30 Indigenous Culture Points in remote locations in the Western Amazon. In the Alto Juruá project, carried out by Associação Apiwtxa e financed by the Amazon Fund/BNDES, he worked as coordination and strategy coordinator.

Master in anthropology and visual arts from the University of British Columbia, in Canada, she has worked with indigenous peoples in Brazil since 2009. She was executive producer and general coordinator of the Aldeia SP Indigenous Film Festival, held in partnership with leader Ailton Krenak. He worked in the areas of communication and strategy for the Alto Juruá project, with the Ashaninka people. He advises the Interfaith Initiative for Tropical Forests, led by the UN Environment and the government of Norway.

Engineer and urban planner. He has 40 years of experience in sustainable strategic development of cities and revitalization of urban areas. He was one of the forerunners in the area of sustainable development, having actively participated in Rio-92, promoting and organizing discussions on megacities and parallel meetings of civil society. In recent years, it has supported the Ashaninka people in managing the Alto Juruá project, which aimed to offer sustainable economic alternatives to deforestation, a project that was carried out with resources from the Amazon Fund/BNDES.