Liberal Amazon

It is not new that the castanheira-da-Amazônia [Brazil nut tree] has social and economic importance in the context of the biome that names the tree. Traditional families, such as those made up of riverine people, indigenous people and quilombolas, guarantee part of their income from the production and sale of the seed of this species, the Brazil nut. The food generated more than R$170 million in t...

Debates involving oil exploration in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin have encompassed energy transition, environmental and social impacts and, more recently, the capacity to generate employment and income. The region comprises the coast of Amapá and extends over 2,200 kilometers to Rio Grande do Norte, covering three states in the Amazon: Amapá, Pará and Maranhão. In all these states, the expectat...

Research needs to overcome challenges in the Amazon region Doing research in the Amazon means that, in order to present results that bring development and a better life to the population that is part of the biome, there is a need for investment to deal with the conditions in which the institutions focused on in this work are inserted. By 2024, for example, at least R$246 million are needed in reso...

The peculiarities surrounding Belém, host city of the 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP 30), should serve as attractions for hundreds of tourists who will visit the capital of Pará. During the two weeks of the mega-event, in 2025, the eyes of the world will be on the city. Whether for its cuisine, history, museums, islands, or for the importance the Amazon biome has been gaining i...

Social design and brand management enhance value of forest products The world is increasingly turning its attention to the Amazon. Whether for its climatic importance, the potential of its biodiversity, or a belated recognition of its traditional peoples, the region is a powerful symbol globally. According to researchers in the field, the Amazônia [Amazon] has become a brand that adds economic and...

In the middle of a pineapple plantation, there is a secondary education and youth/adult education (EJA) classroom. To teach his classes, math teacher Nic Júnior replaces the formality of the traditional method for rural pedagogy. Instead of blackboard and chalk, he uses pineapple ploughing, cassava flour manufacturing, fishing and other activities performed by communities in the rural area of the...

A project enhances visibility to riverine people carpentry The styles, shapes, details, ideas, and knowledge produced by riverine carpenters from the islands of Pará are gaining prominence within the local and national markets. There are houses, restaurant structures, furniture, different types of braided roofs, and paintings that have a particular and unique touch by the residents of the region....

Amazon is the biome in Brazil with the fewest records of invasive alien species (IAS), whether animals or plants, making up the forest. The region has 80% remaining natural areas. This reality contrasts with that of the Atlantic Forest, which has only 12% to 28% of its original area. However, the environmental devastation caused by the current levels of deforestation underwent by the Amazon ecosys...

Signing an agreement to reinforce the bioeconomy in the Amazon and to strengthen ties with the region is one of the reasons for the visit to Brazil the French President Emmanuel Macron has already signaled for this year. The agenda is supposed to take place in Belém, capital of the state of Pará. The federal government says the meeting will take place on March 26 - although the French Embassy hasn...

The success of social justice and environmental conservation in the Amazon is largely dependent on the land tenure challenge endured for centuries in the region. In total, the biome has 118 million hectares of public land without a precise destination – an equivalent area to France’s and Germany’s territories added together (the two largest countries in Europe). Of this total, around 59.5 million...

The assertion that the Amazon only became urbanized after Europeans invaded the region in the 15th century is part of an increasingly outdated imaginary. Recent discoveries in Ecuador, a South American country that shares part of the Amazonian territory with eight other nations, indicate that the forest has a history of organizations and urban development dating back more than 2,500 years. And thi...

Marajó island, located in the state of Pará, Northern Brazil, is part of the world’s largest fluviomarine archipelago, bathed by rivers and the Atlantic Ocean. With 16 municipalities and an area of approximately 50,000 km², the region is larger than Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo territories. The place’s stunning natural beauty attracts the attention of tourists from the country and abroad, who...

Long distances, isolated areas, difficult access, precarious communication and legal gaps that still await the presence of security forces, justice and public authorities in a more effective way. This is the scenario found by the organized crime when it settles in the corners of the Amazon. And on the routes established for illegal activities, organized crime joins environmental crimes seeking way...

Brazil is the largest country in South America, with an impressive area of 8,514,004 km². This giant nation also covers the largest portion of one of the most important biomes on the planet: the Amazon. It covers 6.7 million km², 60.1% of which belongs to the Brazilian territory. All this geographic grandeur is, today, well delimited by 16,886 kilometers of borders. What few people know is that th...

Family production model becomes an alternative for sustainable development in the Amazon region Putting a sustainable production model into practice, with the potential to feed the more than 1.3 million inhabitants of Belém, one of the main metropolises in the Amazon, has become a reality. Urban and peri-urban agriculture, carried out on the outskirts of cities, correspond to a set of techniques i...

Even though it generates renewable energy, Amazon region has almost a million people living without electricity.

If you are reading this article in the printed newspaper, under the light of a lamp, or in the digital version, on a computer screen, you are not part of the more than one million people in the Legal Amazon (1,154,916, in exact numbers) who do not have any access to electricity, according to data from the Ministry of Mines and Energy. In Pará, data shows that 709,196 people live under these condit...

UFRA researcher explains how ancient culture that gained strength in the hands of forest people can be a solution to challenges imposed by dietary restrictions in Brazil

Combining science and traditional knowledge, study fronts in Architecture, urbanism and other areas advance in the search for solutions for constructions and basic plans against historical problems in the region

To survey all sorts of forest life, scientists developed techniques, methodologies and new technologies, increasingly digital ones, to enhance data about known living beings on the planet. Liberal Amazon: Ciência aperta passo para catalogar a biodiversidade Para saber o que há de vida dentro de florestas, cientistas desenvolveram técnicas, metodologias e novas tecnologias, cada vez mais digitais,...

After years of negotiations with communities located in the railway's influence zones, the final design promises to get off the ground and boost exports of mineral and agribusiness products from the region to the world, connecting the south of Pará to the closest port to the States United States, Europe and Asia

Exercise with 300 US military personnel and another 1,200 from the Brazilian Army across two states in northern Brazil reaffirms the importance of the forest in relations between the two countries and signals possible joint troop operations in the region.

Uma peculiar aliança da natureza volta a ganhar atenção e vem transformando a produção do açaí na Amazônia: a presença de abelhas nas áreas onde açaizais se multiplicam vem garantindo até 40% a mais em produtividade -, o que demonstra a força da economia da floresta em pé e da sua sustentabilidade, quando se garante a atenção às riquezas das relações da biodiversidade e às caraterísticas dos ciclo...

The implementation of the carbon credit market in the Amazon has become the target of recent debates and criticism. The system, which repays those who reduce the release of gases responsible for the greenhouse effect, allows compensation for companies and other actors that try to reduce their emissions footprints. This model has gained strength after the emergence of climate agreements, signed sin...

For a long time, producing scientific knowledge about the Amazon meant consuming content from other parts of Brazil and the world. From researches to solutions to the problems faced in the region, the general interest in debating, analyzing, studying and presenting issues related to the reality experienced by the almost 30 million inhabitants of the biome has not always deserved active listening n...