A Life for Resistance – Remembering Dorothy Stang
In February 2005 the nun and environmentalist Dorothy Stang had to die for the work she did in resistance against illegal land grabbing in theView More
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From River to Roads: An Amazonian Story
The Amazon Rainforest, formerly connected by rivers, is now giving way to the Rainforest connected by roads. Let’s reflect on the pace and significance ofView More
The Regenerative Power of Stories
Stories make up a great part of the identity of Amazonian communities which turns their oral culture into a crucial player against the destruction of the AmazonView More
Looking back at our first year
We’re looking back on an exciting first year since our founding in October 2020, and we want to share the small and big successes ofView More
Jonas and the Bees – Part II: Fire, preservation and the importance of bees in our lives
After having shared with you in the first part of my story on how I came to keep bees, I would now like to tellView More
Meli Interview — Scientist André Belem explains how important the Amazon Rainforest is for the world’s climate
André Belem is a researcher at Niterói Federal University in Brazil, studying the climate and its changes from the remote past (~100 million years back)View More
Syntropic Agriculture: Saving the Soil from Degradation
Do you know what Syntropic Agriculture is? Come with us to find out about this (not so new!) concept of agroforestry farming system that turnsView More
Help Amazonian Community protect their native bees
As part of Globalgiving’s campaign Meli wants to protect the Amazon Rainforest together with Quilombola women and stingless bees – learn more about why weView More
Care of native bees to build the Arc of Regeneration!
In a very complex region, we are starting a meliponary at IALA Amazônico to help the protection and the sustainable management of the native beesView More
Jonas and the Bees – Part I: How I started my beekeeping work at the Barreirinha village, in the indigenous territory Araribóia
I am Jonas Guajajara and I would like to tell you my story: How I started my work on stingless beekeeping in the village ofView More