On April 17, the team of indigenous firefighters from the Murupú region, from the PrevFogo project, held a meeting between the communities in the Serra da Moça community with the purpose of donating plant seedlings for planting and maintenance of local vegetation, especially in areas that are currently degraded.
The firefighters sent invitations through social networks informing those interested in acquiring the seedlings to travel to the brigade's base in the Serra da Moça community, where in addition to being distributed, there would also be a moment of awareness by the local coordinator of the brigade, Bruno Chagas. "In April we are ending another season of activities, making sure that we left with duty accomplished, and even here we reinforce that we intend to continue supporting the community, supporting our leaders," said Chagas.
In the activity, more than 500 seedlings of various plants, such as ipê-rosa, açaí, bacaba, copaiba and cedar were distributed to families from the three communities: Serra da Moça, Serra do Truarú and Morcego.
The event was attended by the regional coordinator of Murupú, Alexsandro das Chagas, who reinforced the importance of the brigade in fighting and preventing fires within indigenous communities and also in supporting farmers during the burning of gardens. And he reinforced that, "communities must support the activities of the brigade members".
The Tuxaua Leôncio Lourenço from the Serra do Truarú community, highlighted the importance of the activity. He recalled the historical role of indigenous peoples in the fight against deforestation. Very concerned, he drew attention to the part of the indigenous area, in its limits and bordering the creek where the indigenous people hunt and fish, which was completely deforested for soy plantation.
"The fire burned the roots and after a while, the trees dried up. And on the other side, referring to the deforested areas, there bordering the Curauá stream, the root was burned. And on this side, in our area, it is alive. And what is it due to? Because when it catches fire, it catches by the roots, you can see on the other side, that forest that there was, there is no more, it has become uglier. Those trees that have the food of the fish, the ucuubas, on the other side everything is gone, there is no more. Where the fish came to eat, there is no more, not even for the fish to go up to the curauá there is no more. So this is because of the burning', explained tuxaua Leôncio, concerned about the destruction of the territory.
After the explanations, the firefighters began distributing the seedlings to the community. The participants took trees and palm trees to their communities to take advantage of the fruits and flower trees to decorate their backyards. Aurilene Ramiro, from the Wapichana people, from the Serra da Moça community, thanked the action and spoke of the importance of reforestation. "This is very important for us who are going to plant and continue the preservation of nature, even for the cultivation of fruit plants that can also help us."
It is important to note that the PrevFogo brigade teams is an initiative that has as partners the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) and IBAMA, a partnership with the State Foundation for the Environment and Water Resources (FERMAR) that promote continued training. The team has been working daily during the burning of the gardens, the removal of wood and the prevention and fighting of fires. The team from the Serra da Moça indigenous land, in addition to serving the Murupú region, provides services in the Baixo São Marcos region.