Many families in the lower Negro River live off government programs and logging, which does not guarantee fair remuneration and, most of the time, is outside the management norms. IPÊ believes in strengthening the chains of Amazonian sociobiodiversity products to generate income and value traditional knowledge and practices.

This is the proposal of the “Eco-Polos Amazônia XXI” project.

In recent years, timber extraction has been one of the only alternatives for generating income for many families in the lower Rio Negro. The problem is that this activity lacks stability, fair pay and, more often than not, does not comply with official management standards. The focus on this type of activity means that a lot of traditional land use knowledge is forgotten, directly affecting families’ food sovereignty.

IPÊ, which has been working in the region for more than 10 years, believes that strengthening socio-biodiversity product chains is an appropriate alternative for reversing this situation, promoting income generation by valuing local products and, at the same time, revitalizing traditional knowledge and management practices.

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