Bringing together indigenous peoples from all over Brazil, the 21st ATL (Free Land Camp) draws attention to the role of indigenous peoples in forest conservation and climate change mitigation. IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute) was present at the event, sharing territorial monitoring strategies developed by the Institute.
SOMAI (Indigenous Amazon Monitoring System) and the ACI (Indigenous Climate Alert) application were presented on the second day of the event, in a dynamic panel in which participants could see maps with data relating to the indigenous Amazon. Paula Guarido, a researcher at IPAM and coordinator of the Institute’s indigenous studies center, explained the activities:
“At this 21st ATL, IPAM supported COIAB’s territorial monitoring space, providing territorial information requested by indigenous leaders through the ACI-SOMAI platform, as well as supporting the registration of voluntary indigenous brigades and new territorial monitoring networks, which are essential for the protection of territories,” she explained.
Vanessa Apurinã, territorial monitoring manager at COIAB (Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon), highlighted IPAM’s support for the action:
“The monitoring agenda brings together various initiatives by partners committed to the agenda. IPAM has worked with us both to strengthen the monitoring management and to train indigenous monitoring agents, as well as preparing data that has been used to support legal cases monitored by COIAB, guaranteeing the protection of indigenous territories.”
IPAM researchers also presented the MapBiomas platform, showing how to access data on deforestation, mining and fire in indigenous territories.
“The importance of an event like this is to offer the opportunity to listen to the communities and understand how this data can subsidize their demands and challenges” said João Paulo Ribeiro, IPAM’s research analyst.
