Bolsa Amazonia Programs in South America

Bolsa Amazonia Programs in South America Belem, Brazil Correspondent: The Amazon the world’s biggest and richest rainforest and the place to live and work for millions of people. The land population 2 million rises from the banks of this river highway. The city maybe thriving but surrounding forests are being publicly exploited and degraded and without forest resources rural communities slide quickly into poverty now a regional partnership both Amazonia is helping reverse the trend but protecting the rural incomes and the environment. Like two other stores in Ashley woods both for Amazonia is being recognized by a new award scheme. The equator initiative is set up by the UN foundation and UNDP recognizes that cutting poverty in conservation are not mutually exclusive and that biodiversity is often protected by those whose life of its un most threatened by its loss. From Coconut to Cars Nazare Imbiriba (Bolsa Amazonia): Amazonia is not a retreat is people and in the majority is poor people, the M is to introduce Amazon plug the sustainable plugs in the market but we’re talking about products form rural communities because the most important of – is to fight against the poverty. Equator Initiative Award Winner Correspondent: Bolsa Amazonia looks a the hole life cycle of a particular resource form raw materials to selling a finish product. It analyzes research on sustainable land use froma nearby university to work out local needs and limitations one resource is founded from coconut husks for years this was a useless by-product. Now it’s used in luxury cars. The soaked husk are shredded and converted hammer drill it’s then washed and longer fiber out. Shorter fibers and powder are recycled back into the soil as a moisture attaining fertilizer. Nothing is wasted. The longer fibers are then washed again dried and twisted into a rope using old car axel it provides work and wages for 4 villages. Twisting the fibre into a rope makes it easy to transport Zoka : Before I was working here I was in the fields life is so much better here now. Correspondent: The ropes are delivered to—village and 7 km away this plant is from by a local association with the help of PEOMA the Sustainable development organization that gives training and technical assistance to the project. The fiber is sterilized, heated, packed, into trays and sprayed with a latex solution after baking the latex vulcanizes to give it strength and form. It’s then compressed in mode to create the right density. 250 Headrest are produced everyday Correspondent: The factory outside Belam was set up in cooperation with Chrysler the government, the Amazon Development Bank and Power University. It turns out 120,000 car seats a month as well as garden products are matting all made from coconut fiber and latex. This factory employs around 50 people and will soon source materials from 8 communities. Correspondent: Bigger coconut harvest are only part of the story but Asahi palm fruit is another native crop to benefit from new ways of working. Gilberto Farias (Nova Union Community): The other thing new about this fruit in the past for us it was a basic food as it is today. Correspondent: Transport, processing and packaging are now all online an international market’s beckon a pulp production is set to grow. Traditional Japanese paper-making techniques have been adopted. Gilberto Farias (Nova Union Community): We were all brought up in this society. Correspondent: Bolsa also funded this laboratory. It’s developing paper making techniques for the local community. The fiber of the Kuro are relative of the pineapple is noted for its great strength and softness. I deal qualities for paper and textiles. Daniella Fernandez (Bolsa Amazonia): This light has been made of an attractive paper which is extremely resistant to heat. Nazare Imbiriba (Bolsa Amazonia): I don’t believe that there is future to the trees is there is not future to the people because if you are poor you cut the tree.