About us
Meli Bees Network gUG is a non-profit organisation based in Baden-Württemberg, with roots in the most endangered areas of the Amazon. Inspired by the Meliponini bees, aims to create environmentally and economically sustainable activities that allows both land and people to flourish.
We bridge the traditional communities in the Amazon area, researchers and environmentally engaged groups around the globe to deliver thriving cooperation to achieve a large and effective positive impact on the global climate.
Who we are
Meli was started by a new generation of Amazonian leaders who have witnessed first-hand the rapid destruction of our home in the last decades. We see the need to strength the protection and regeneration in our area, acknowledging social and environmental questions.

Ana Rosa de Lima
Director
Cynthia Rabelo
Bees and Education Leader
Patricia Nunes Silva
Bees Expert
Gabriel Costa Oliveira
Science Team
Thalita Barredo
Bees Specialist
Sina von der Heyde
CommunicationCommunity Board

José Luís Costa
Campesino Board
Raquel Paz
Quilombola Board
Jonas Guajajara
Indigenous Board
Reni Lourenço
Campesino Board
Wandro Cruz
Beekeeper BoardAdvisory Board

Gabriella Crescini
Strategy and Impact Advisor
Christoph Grüter
Academic Advisor
Christine Gould
Strategy Advisor
Marco Garofalo
Strategy AdvisorWho is impacted?
We act with traditional communities (indigenous, quilombola and smallholders) in a region know as “arc of deforestation”, some of the most endangered areas of the Brazilian Amazon.
We are here to build an “Arc of Regeneration”!


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