Management fishing in the people of the Paumari wins national award
Activity that can be done for more than a decade ago, won a 12th-Prize Foundation, and BB of the Social; the ceremony took place in Brasilia (DF).
Among 1.112 initiatives recorded in the whole of Brazil, and the sustainable management of the arapaima made by the people of the Paumari, in the state of Amazonas, was the one of twenty award-winning in the 12th edition of the Award-Foundation-BB of the Social. The awards were presented at the 21st day of June, in Brasília (DF), and celebrated the achievements of the innovative in the areas of food, education, energy, income, housing, the environment, health and water. The winner will be considered to have the financial resources to invest in projects in the re-application of the technologies and social order.
to THE management of fisheries of the people, the Paumari, is a social technology that is certified by the Banco do Brasil Foundation since 2015, but this was the first year in which he was nominated for the award. The initiative ran into the category of “Social Technology to be Certified in the Previous Editions,” and that the selection process was carried out in two stages.
In the first case, the project was presented to a panel of evaluators. In the second part, of a popular vote that was open from the end of the initiatives for the finalists in each category. “This award is in recognition of the work carried out by the people in the Paumari in the last 15 years. After a lot of struggle and challenges, they have developed an efficient system, and a reference,” says Philip Rossoni, the indigenous people of the operação Amazônia Nativa (OPAN).
“By the management, we stick together, we take care of our territory.
The award ceremony was attended by the representatives of the initiatives of the finalists from throughout Brazil, in addition to the members of the Founding of the Banco do Brasil, experts, and artists. Representing the enterprise of the people of the Paumari, Barara and Abimael, and manager, and one of the coordinators for the management of the people in the Paumari, was also present at the event. The indigenous Philip Rossoni, representing the OPAN, also took part in the ceremony.
Prior to the announcement of the winners in each category, Barara, and Philip presented the initiative of the participants of the event, which sold out in the crowd. Speaking of pamoari athini (the language of the people, the Paumari), Barara pointed out that the management is much more than just an activity, trade, and bring benefits for the environment, and the social organization of the people….
“By the management, we stick together, we can take care of our land, we didn’t leave more of the fishing boats come in and help the arapaima. We are united in our membership, with both men and women to work together, and the same,” he said.
a Unique technology that is indigenous to the award-winning
“the indigenous peoples of The Amazon to live in and a part of the the forest there are at least ten thousand years, and they have a lot of technology in the us,” said Philip Rossoni. Of the 20 initiatives are winning, and the Management of Fisheries of the People, the Paumari he was the only one written by an indigenous being addressed by the competition.
Once more, Barara, and Philip went up to the stage to receive the trophy from the hands of the president of the Bank of Brazil, Kleytton Father. “I’ve been here, but those who are, here is all of the people in the Paumari of Tapauá,” he said Barara and Abimael, and under a strong applause from the audience. In the language of pamoari athini, commended the hard work of all the people in the Paumari of Tapauá, and he expressed his gratitude for the recognition.
The sustainable management of the pirarucu fish for the people, the Paumari is supported by OPAN, since its introduction, through technical assistance and projects focused on a particular type of activity. The “OPAN is part of a 55 years old, which is a tool to support the indigenous people of the Amazon and central Brazil. This is a work of many hands,” finished George.
the trial will be shared with the riverside and peoples of the Javari Valley
The sustainable management of the pirarucu fish became a reality in the communities of the people of the Paumari, restoring to the stock of the pirarucu fish, and other species, allowing for the resumption of commercial fisheries to form the management to generate income and strengthen the participation of youth and women. With the success of the project, local communities in the region around them, the women manejadoras of the Average Non-indigenous peoples of the Javari Valley and began to gather the people to the Paumari support for the implementation and improvement of their management systems.
With the financial support received over the award, the successful experience of the people of the Paumari, will be extended to the riverside community of Nazareth, in the vicinity of the territory of the Paumari, and the indigenous peoples of the Javari Valley. In addition, it will strengthen the participation of women, with the exchanges between the women’s and indigenous peoples ‘ Paumari, Setting, and women on the waterfront in the Middle Early. The activities are planned to begin in 2025.