Launch of the Dabucury Project: Territorial and Environmental Management in the Indigenous Amazon at the ATL 2024

Applications close on 30 June and are open to indigenous organizations in the Amazon.

On 24 April, in the COIAB tent at the 20^th Free Land Camp (Acampamento Terra Livre: ATL), the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE) and the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira: COIAB) launched the project ““Dabucury: Sharing experiences and strengthening the ethno-environmental management of indigenous land in the Amazon”.  The event was attended by indigenous leaders and representatives of CESE and the Amazon Fund, which is funding the project.

Applications are open from 02 May to 30 June for indigenous organizations active on lands in the Legal Amazon that are blocked, delimited, declared, certified and/or regularized and located in the states of the Legal Amazon, that is Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins and part of the state of Maranhão.  

There are two project categories, Urucum – for projects with a budget between BRL 350,000.00 and BRL 400,000.00, with a maximum duration of 24 months, focused on implementing the activities in the Territorial and Environmental Management Plan (Plano de Gestão Territorial e Ambiental: PGTA). The second category, Jenipapo, will fund 15 projects, which have a budget between BRL 200,000.00 and BRL 250,000.00 and a maximum duration of 18 months, focused on activities to draft, conclude or apply environmental and territorial management tools.  

Interested indigenous organizations can apply by presenting a Consultation Letter outlining information about their organization, their knowledge of the National Policy for the Territorial and Environmental Management of Indigenous Lands (Política Nacional de Gestão Territorial e Ambiental de Terras Indígenas: PNGATI), their proposed activities and estimated budget. 
More information about the full call for applications can be accessed here: https://www.cese.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dabucury_Edital_1_.pdf