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Indigenous and traditional communities in the Brazilian Amazon are getting help turning forest products into sustainable income while protecting the rainforest. A Penn State team is connecting them with global researchers to co-develop technologies that add value to Brazil nuts, natural rubber, and forest oils.
Indigenous villages deep in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are finally getting clean electricity after relying on polluting diesel fuel for generations. Solar panels and batteries are bringing power to remote communities that can't connect to the national grid.
Three Brazilian communities bypassed a broken promise from a mega-dam and built their own 24-hour electricity systems using solar panels and river turbines. The project offers a blueprint for nearly a million Amazon residents still living without power.
In Brazil's Amazon, families guarding oxbow lakes to protect giant pirarucu fish are accidentally conserving forests 86 times larger than the waters they patrol. These volunteer protectors work without pay, but their efforts are connecting rivers to forests in ways scientists never expected.
Banco do Brasil's new regional hub is helping 70,000 Amazon families access financial services while protecting forests. The initiative proves that supporting local communities and conservation can work hand in hand.