Embracing Local Practices Leads to Global Results
In the Guajajara community of the Araribóia region of northeastern Brazil, The Rockefeller Foundation’s grantee Health in Harmony is supporting women-led coalitions of forest guardians to establish nurseries to reverse rainforest deforestation — work made possible by the Indigenous Peoples who have protected this land for generations.
Indigenous Peoples’ solutions and decision-making benefit everyone, especially when those decisions affect the Amazon rainforest, home to 40 percent of the world’s remaining rainforests and 25 percent of its terrestrial biodiversity. Without a healthy Amazon, there isn’t a healthy planet. Now, thanks to this community-focused approach, forests are being restored, families are building sustainable futures, and communities are preserving their heritage and their lands.
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Our efforts are not just for those in the Indigenous territory, because we know this air carried beyond our community. This preservation will positively impact everyone. The reality we have here is the reality we want for the world.