Pollinators Fellowship
Pollinating Regeneration 2023/24 was our first round of projects in this innovative program. We supported community-led projects in the Amazon, Cerrado & Atlantic Forest biomes, learn more:
Lear More about the Projects!
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Guajajara youth leaders from the Arariboia territory promote regeneration in an integrated manner, with seed collection, seedling production, reforestation, meliponiculture and community networks.
Full project
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Tupinambá/Pataxó Hã-hã-hãe leaders build a community kitchen to strengthen regenerative agriculture and environmental education in the Pataxó Hã-hã-hãe community.
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After numerous failed experiments with reforestation, the Frei Henri community seeks technical support in syntropic agriculture to guide regeneration in the centre of the arc of deforestation.
Full project
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Stingless bee keeping in nature
The riverside community of Campo de Perdizes seeks meliponiculture to strengthen local biodiversity with the ecosystem services of native bees and the creation of new sources of income.
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Traditional Farming & Community Network
Krahô leaders strengthen sustainable food production in their community by integrating traditional and syntropic farming practices with support of connectivity infra-structure.
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Meliponiculture and environmental education
Indigenous leaderships aim to provide knowledge on the handling and maintenance of stingless bees, as well as environmental education to the communities of the Alto Solimões region.
Full project
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To strengthen food and nutritional security in the community, the Garden brings pedagogical work to rescue food culture based in the principle of collectivity and cultural strengthening of the Apurinã people.
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The São Tomé do Bracinho de Icatu quilombo community sees powerful partners in the native bees. Through meliponiculture, the group will protect the ecosystem services.
Full project
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COOPSAFI
Community in the south-east of Pará developing agroforestry establish fruit pulp production. With this new livelihood tool based on biodiverse fields, the community will waste less of its production.
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To strengthen and amplify the activities already being developed by Terena teachers, enhancing both environmental and cultural regeneration. The project will also produce the traditional Kopenoty Syrup.
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(Re)connecting the Guarani Mbya people with the cultivation, maintenance and management of Jate’i bees. Through Guarani technical and ancestral knowledge within the villages in Iguape/SP.
[More coming soon]
Project Leadership:
![Jonas Guajarara](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jonas.jpg)
Jonas Guajarara
Ma'eputyr Project![Francisco Neto Guajajara](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WhatsApp-Image-2023-04-25-at-15.57.19.jpeg)
Francisco Neto Guajajara
Ma'eputyr Project![Olinda Tupinambá](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MicrosoftTeams-image.png)
Olinda Tupinambá
Food for Good Living Project![Samuel Wandeley](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Samuel.png)
Samuel Wandeley
Food for Good Living Project![Reni Lourenço](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/439a95d0-8100-c9fd-2a8a-4ef487fd0198-2.jpeg)
Reni Lourenço
Flourishing Drought![Francisca Souza](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/5335E0E1-D5DF-4CFA-B339-5E4123FD8204.jpg)
Francisca Souza
Flourishing Drought![Ana Maria](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/image-20230308-235540-2357dde8.jpeg)
Ana Maria
Stingless bee keeping in nature![Francisco Hyjnõ Krahô](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Hyjno.jpeg)
Francisco Hyjnõ Krahô
Traditional Farming & Community Network![Luzia Cruwakwyj Krahô](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cruwakwyj.jpeg)
Luzia Cruwakwyj Krahô
Traditional Farming & Community Network![Kukuy Apurinã](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-22-at-09.15.12.png)
Kukuy Apurinã
Food Safety: School Garden![Vavá Áruak Terena](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-26-at-20.38.39.jpeg)
Vavá Áruak Terena
Mopó Itiveko: Honey house![Yvoty Medina](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-26-at-18.49.45-e1696802693634.jpeg)
Yvoty Medina
Mopó Itiveko: Honey house![Tainá Viana](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taina-comp.png)
Tainá Viana
Workshop on Stingless Bees![](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Francisca-scaled.jpeg)
"Tia" Francisca
Workshop on Stingless Bees![Marciane Pereira Kokama](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PHOTO-2024-02-21-18-20-50.jpg)
Marciane Pereira Kokama
Meliponiculture and environmental education![Rômulo Elias](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MicrosoftTeams-image-4.png)
Rômulo Elias
![Orlando](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MicrosoftTeams-image-4.png)
Orlando
![Joana](https://www.meli-bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MicrosoftTeams-image-4.png)
Joana
[More coming soon]