The Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR), through the Department of Territorial, Environmental Management and Climate Change (DGTAMC), carried out the implementation of the Territorial and Environmental Management Plan (PGTA), technical monitoring visits and the delivery of materials to nurseries of native plant seedlings. The activity took place in the Mangueira, Guariba and Ananás indigenous communities, in the Amajari region, between July 15 and 17.
The visits were conducted by agronomists Renan Macuxi and Raiovane Araújo, with the aim of strengthening the work already developed in the communities aimed at the production of seedlings of native plants.
In the Mangueira and Guariba indigenous communities, materials and equipment were delivered to the existing nurseries, which together have already produced more than 10 thousand seedlings of wood, fruit and medicinal species for planting and distribution to other communities.
"For me, it is a great pleasure to receive this material today, which came to help us and strengthen our community in planting trees so that, later on, we are building houses and other types of materials, such as tables, things that we need here and that we no longer have. Our forest is completely finished. So, today we need this strength, this help, this partnership", highlights Tuxaua Emanuel from the Mangueira community.
The action also involved the implementation of part of the PGTA in the Ananás community, with the initial installation of the irrigation system and the assembly of the structure of a handmade wooden raft, intended to serve a traditional garden of half a hectare. For the community's Tuxaua, the system will help maintain traditional seeds, which have been greatly affected due to climate change.
"This irrigation project is so that we do not have to lose seeds, as we have already had because of the drought and, now, the flood. We built this raft, which will assist the motor-pump of the irrigation system that is here for our crop", explains Tuxaua Estélio Tabosa from the Pineapple community.
The action reinforces the CIR's commitment to strengthening territorial and environmental management with support for sustainable production initiatives in the indigenous communities of the State, and has the support of Pawanka Fund and Nia Tero.