Purus Roots Project
The Raízes do Purus project, sponsored by Petrobras through the Petrobras Socio-Environmental Program, is in its third stage, helping to strengthen the Apurinã, Jamamadi, Banawa and Paumari peoples in the Middle Purus River basin, and the Deni and Kanamari peoples of the Xeruã River in the Middle Juruá River basin.
The work involves supporting territorial management and the sustainable use of natural resources, such as the management of pirarucu, Amazon nuts, açaí and copaíba, as well as the implementation of agroforestry systems.
In the first phase of the work, from 2013 to 2015, OPAN received special recognition for consolidating the management of pirarucu by the Paumari people of the Tapauá River, earning the institution the National Biodiversity Award, promoted by the Ministry of the Environment.
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