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Sustainable systems and Amazonian solidarity: agroforestry as a link for cooperation

  • 2024 Winner

Nature Rights Guyana

Nature Rights is a non-profit organization (governed by the French law of 1901) whose purpose is to implement and promote initiatives related to the "Rights of Nature," based on the principle of interdependence between humans and nature. It operates using a systemic approach, through advocacy campaigns, support for local communities in developing field projects focused on agroecology and traditional knowledge, and facilitation of territories in transition. In 2017, the organization launched the Forest Knowledge Program in French Guiana, which aims to gather, support, promote, strengthen, and develop local initiatives related to traditional knowledge, agroecology, and sustainable environmental management practices. It subsequently created the Forest Knowledge Network (RSF), a local network of project leaders from traditional communities, whom it supports in managing their projects. She also manages the network by coordinating activities between members to promote networking, mutual support, and encounters between generations and different ethnic groups, both local and European.

Context

SAF Trans-Amazonia

Founded in 2018, the Nature Rights Guyane association works to defend human rights and the rights of nature. Faced with increasing pressure on the Amazon rainforest and the limitations of intensive agricultural models, its project aims to unite local communities, researchers, and farmers around a common goal: preserving ecosystems while strengthening food sovereignty through cross-border cooperation.

  • Country: Brazil
  • Locality: State of Para: Belem, Tome-Açu; Amapa State: Macapa, Oiapoque
  • Sector of intervention:
    Agriculture, Food Sovereignty
  • Guild Endowment: €74,300
  • Project cost: €102,300
  • Project leader: Nature Rights Guyana
  • In partnership with: Forest Knowledge Network, Tomé Açu Agricultural Cooperative, INRAE Antilles-Guyane, Embrapa National Center for Agronomic Research, Municipality of Santana (Amapá), Escolas Familia Agricola do Amapá
Funder(s):
• Coreom
• La Guilde
• The Fondation de France

Project objectives

  • Promoting agroforestry systems that combine traditional community know-how and modernity
  • Strengthening the skills of local stakeholders in syntropic agroforestry
  • Stimulating cooperation between scientific institutions and local organizations in French Guiana and Brazil

Activities

  • Practical training and knowledge sharing on syntropic agroforestry
  • Support for local initiatives in French Guiana, Amapá and Pará
  • Networking of agricultural actors and cooperatives
  • Mobilization of research institutes to strengthen the sector

Direct beneficiaries

Farmers, rural youth and cooperative actors committed to the transmission and implementation of agroforestry practices

Expected results

  • Agroforestry systems established or strengthened in the areas
  • Cross-fertilization of local and scientific knowledge
  • Structured partnerships between territories
  • Increased visibility for agroforestry as a sustainable solution

Social networks

A dual support and funding mechanism for overseas civil society organizations, the CORÉOM program – Overseas Regional Cooperation – encourages regional and international cooperation dynamics among associations based in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, and Réunion. Financially supported by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Fondation de France, CORÉOM is implemented by La Guilde, with a set of territorial networks and relay partners in the five territories.

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