The Brazilian Federal Government recognized this Thursday seven Indigenous territories in the state of São Paulo after a meeting with representatives from the Guarani The administrative orders (portarias) ensure the advancement of the demarcation process of the Jaraguá they occupy 18,614 hectares and are home to approximately 982 Indigenous persons According to the Minister of Justice and Public Security Ricardo Lewandowski the demarcation administrative orders are an important official act that institutionally recognizes the right of Indigenous peoples to permanently own the lands they traditionally occupy "Since 2018 there had been no demarcations and now 11 Indigenous lands have already been recognized This is a record and we will continue demarcating respecting what is determined by our Constitution” Demarcations encompass the municipalities of Sete Barras All documents pertain to the Indigenous Lands located inside the Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) and the advancement of the demarcation process also represents a guarantee for the preservation of the biome as well as a historical reparation for the Guarani and Guarani Mbya peoples who traditionally occupy these territories that the state of São Paulo is an Indigenous Land and that the Indigenous peoples are strong and their culture is very much alive We have the duty to protect this rich and diverse culture which only makes our country greater,” stated the Minister of Indigenous Peoples GUARANTEE OF RIGHTS — The Attorney General's Office (Advocacia-Geral da União / AGU) stressed the commitment to defending the rights of Indigenous peoples and to a dignified and fulfilling life that corresponds to their practices "Through robust and well-founded legal work we will continue guaranteeing that the demarcation processes are conducted fairly and in accordance with the current legislation respecting the constitutional rights of the Indigenous peoples in particular," stated Deputy Attorney General Paulo Ceo DEMARCATION PROCESS — The process of demarcation of Indigenous lands is highly complex and occurs in successive stages that still require administrative acts from the National Indigenous Peoples Foundation (Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas / FUNAI) The next step is the physical demarcation performed by FUNAI The final stage is attributed to the President of the Republic who will confirm the demarcation procedure through the issuance of a decree JARAGUÁ — In the municipalities of São Paulo and Osasco the area that was recognized through the administrative decree has 532 hectares and is occupied by the Guarani Indigenous people The territory is bordered by the Bandeirantes Highway About 58% of its area overlaps with the Jaraguá State Park The demarcation adequates the limits of the Indigenous land to the parameters described in the Federal Constitution The new decree repairs the illegal situation that derived from the annulment of the declaratory decree by re-establishing the effects of the declaratory decree published in 2015 knowing that our children will be able to protect the territory We will have greater assurance to confront real estate speculation and all the violence we have suffered,” stated the Jaraguá Indigenous Land representative PEGUAOTY — The territory has 6,230 hectares and is located in the municipality of Sete Barras It integrally overlaps the State Parks of Intervalares and Carlos Botelho Another 7% is contained in the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area (Área de Proteção Ambiental / APA) declared as a Conservation Unit (Unidade de Conservação) DJAIKO-ATY — In the municipality of Miracatu the area has 1,216 hectares and belongs to the Guarani Nhandeva The territory is located in the Vale do Ribeira region and is completely contained inside the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area the land is located in the municipality of Miracatu where the Guarani-Mbya Indigenous people live Integrally contained inside the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area “We have been waiting for this demarcation for over 20 years We know that the struggle does not end here but we still believe in our country’s Justice system and in our Constitution,” stated Saulo Guarani a leader from the Amba Porã Indigenous Land PINDOTY-ARAÇA-MIRIM — The land is occupied by the Guarani-Mbya Indigenous people and has part of its territory inside the Cananéia–Iguape–Peruíbe Environmental Protection Area TAPY'I/RIO BRANQUINHO — Belonging to the Guarani-Mbya the land has 1,154 hectares and is located in the municipality of Cananéia The entire territory is contained inside the Cananéia–Iguape–Peruíbe Environmental Protection Area the area is divided between the cities of Iguape and Cananéia It is fully occupied by the Guarani-Mbya Indigenous people and its territory is completely contained inside the Cananéia–Iguape–Peruíbe Environmental Protection Area through the Ministry of Justice and Public Security signed 11 declaratory decrees in the second semester of 2024 Minister Ricardo Lewandowski signed the declaratory decree of the Sawré Muybu Indigenous Land located in the state of Pará (PA) a demarcation process that had been paralyzed for 17 years the decrees for the Maró and Cobra Grande lands these territories occupy over 1 million hectares and are home to 1,250 Indigenous persons and Munduruku — as well as isolated peoples have been benefitted someone non-Indigenous would probably already have occupied this space,” says Neusa Poty The 35-year-old Guarani Indigenous leader speaks in a low but firm voice she and other members of the Jaraguá Guarani community living on the northwestern outskirts of São Paulo founded a new village But the battle to get the land recognized as their own has reached a crucial juncture the most populous city in the Western Hemisphere is home to nearly 20,000 Indigenous people the 10th-largest native population in a Brazilian city Pindó Mirim was created through a “retake,” a practice whereby Indigenous people occupy land they claim is ancestrally theirs; the Guarani are demanding constitutional protection for it and seven other villages in the area covering a total of 532 hectares (1,315 acres) and home to about 800 people Her people’s footprint on the city may be forgotten The red T-shirt she’s wearing displays an Indigenous archer and the words “Jaraguá is Guarani.” The amount of land the government currently recognizes as the community’s is just 1.7 hectares (4.2 acres) which makes it Brazil’s smallest Indigenous territory And while the Jaraguá Guarani push to have the full extent of their ancestral land legally acknowledged and protected they now find themselves threatened by a controversial bill that severely restricts what territories they may claim Brazil’s lower house of Congress overwhelmingly approved Bill 490/2007 which sets a cutoff date for recognition of Indigenous people’s ancestral land claims the state would only recognize lands as official Indigenous territories if the tribe making the claim lived on the land prior to Oct the date that Brazil’s post-dictatorship Constitution took effect Critics say this criteria will effectively freeze any outstanding or future demarcations the process by which Indigenous land claims gain official government recognition the community is already reeling from encroaching real estate and criminal land speculation Mongabay reported from Pindó Mirim during a recent visit to the village by Sonia Guajajara The delegation also included Célia Xakriabá as well as representatives from various environmental and human rights organizations who were welcomed by the Guarani with a traditional dance “It’s a great joy to have them here,” Neusa says The Ministry of Indigenous People was established only this year at the start of the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Elected last year with support from Indigenous groups Lula has said he will demarcate “as many Indigenous lands as possible,” and in April during the “Free Land Camp,” an annual gathering of Indigenous peoples in the nation’s capital This comes after four years of paralysis under the former president who famously declared he would not demarcate “even one centimeter” of Indigenous land But the passage in congress of the marco temporal bill which Bolsonaro vocally supported during his presidency Indigenous advocacy groups have denounced the cutoff criteria pointing out that Indigenous peoples in Brazil have historically been violently run off their lands during colonialism and successive dictatorships while the lack of land rights remains a main driver of violence even under democratic governments since the 1990s saying it removes legal doubts over currently disputed lands “We cannot be vulnerable to an anthropological report by a Funai official in order to suddenly transform a city into a new Indigenous reserve,” Fabio Garcia, a congressman with the União Brasil party, said in Brazil’s lower house in May when the measure was put to a vote the Jaraguá community protested the measure by blocking a major São Paulo highway and were met with tear gas and rubber bullets by military police issued an order recognizing the community’s “permanent possession” of the full 532 hectares that it claims following the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff The Jaraguá Guarani community’s officially recognized 1.7 hectares composed of the sole village of Pyau village at the bottom of Jaraguá State Park makes it the smallest Indigenous territory in Brazil And if the marco temporal bill passes the Senate the 1.7 hectares will be all the community would be left with But even this sliver of territory isn’t considered a protected Indigenous land by Brazil’s government a lawyer with the Guarani Yvyrupa Commission which supports Guarani land rights across Brazil giving the community property rights under civil law so the “retake” of Pindó Mirim is significant because it strengthens the occupation of boundaries that had already been recognized by the Brazilian state,” she tells Mongabay The Jaraguá Guarani community doesn’t just suffer from institutional threats coming from the halls of power in Brasília the surrounding neighborhood has become increasingly important for São Paulo’s booming real estate sector the proposed construction of a public housing block by the contractor Tenda S.A. led the Guarani community to protest until the plan was eventually suspended land grabbers have encroached upon the Jaraguá Guarani Indigenous land illegally buying and selling plots of land and building illegal structures according to federal prosecutors’ documents obtained by Mongabay Satellite photos included in the document show the expansion of the illegal occupation from 2021 and 2022 the “lack of demarcation of the Jaraguá Indigenous Territory” is the main driver of the damage The occupation follows a growing pattern in São Paulo in recent years some linked to the powerful PCC drug cartel have increasingly occupied environmentally sensitive areas of the city to develop illegal real estate Inside the traditional Guarani prayer house in Pindó Mirim she made clear that the process of demarcation will not happen this year due to high demand from other Indigenous claimants and would have to wait until 2024 “What remains here in this quick visit is our commitment,” she said But she congratulated the community before receiving one of the “Jaraguá is Guarani” T-shirts Guarani prayer and way of life very much alive,” she said Banner image: The Jaragua Guarani community 2020 protests against real estate development close to one of the villages In São Paulo, Indigenous Guarani unite over their reclaimed farming tradition The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa, as protected areas become battlegrounds over history, human rights, and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss. Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins, and trying to forge a path forward […] Show Search Search Query Submit Search Advertisement Filters Close filters Neighborhood All Adams-Normandie Huntington Park MacArthur Park Montebello Pico-Union West Hollywood Westside Whittier Filter all Salvadoran Vegan Bakery Guatemalan More Less Price the Arts District restaurant where they met but despair quickly gave way to a new ambition: elevating Salvadoran flavors through a chef-driven pop-up Now a permanent pop-up on the patio of the West Hollywood mezcal bar Las Perlas Walking Spanish reimagines pupusas in a way that makes you feel as if you’re having them for the first time “There’s no limit to the pupusas we can create,” said Rene “We think outside the box and cook from the heart I get the sense that there is a movement happening “We are rewriting the narratives of our own community.” pupusas are often the go-to Salvadoran food; they’re affordable easy to transport and widely available across restaurants affectionately known as “El Pulgarcito de América” (or the “little thumb” of America a playful dig at its status as the smallest country in Central America) The sentiment is echoed by former Osteria Mozza chef Jimmy Reyes, owner and operator of Boyle Heights’ newest dining sensation Leña, who’s taking a fiery approach to Salvadoran cuisine. “Cooking over wood-fire is something that takes me back to enjoying cookouts with my family in El Salvador,” he said. From saucy pan con pollo in Huntington Park to protein-packed pastelitos in Pico-Union, here are 12 dishes that showcase the depth of Salvadoran cooking and the best places to try them across L.A. Food Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Text description provided by the architects. A house where the sense of breadth were manifested continuously and permanently. That was the guiding thread in this architecture & interiors project by Fernanda Marques to meet the brief of a young couple and their two children, now the happy occupants of this comfortable property built along contemporary lines, with its three floors and an area of 1,200 in Alphaville, a residential district in the outskirts of São Paulo. "All my choices were made with that goal”, explains the architect, who, for the construction, chose to split the building into 3 floors and made liberal use of terraces throughout the top floor, to enable views of the beautiful landscape that surrounds the hill on which the house sits. "For the interiors, in turn, I envisioned broad spaces, developed continually, with no partitions”, she says. Ground Floor PlanThus, on the ground floor, Fernanda concentrated the living-room, fireplace room, dining-room, media room and breakfast room, as well as the kitchen, study, the multi-temperature, cloakroom, guest toilet and servants’ quarters. An invitation to leisure, a large swimming-pool opens up to the front terrace. On the upper floor is the family area, with 3 suites and their balconies and a family room. On the lower floor are the garage, storage room and a small workshop. © Fernando Guerra | FG+SGContemporary, like the building itself, art and design mix in the interior design to create a laid-back yet sophisticated ambience. "I tried to create a sort of internal topography, with the furniture laid out continuously, with small variations in height, almost at floor level”, explains the architect who used her own creations, such as her stainless steel stools, as well as international design labels in the décor. Upper Floor PlanCommon to all spaces, the higher ceilings are one of the project’s highlights. Especially in the living-room, where it is doubled. "In this project natural daylight is present everywhere but never directly. There are very specific lighting situations, derived from the construction shape and project solutions”, Fernanda explains, highlighting the façade, fitted with aluminium brise soleil in a continuous line. © Fernando Guerra | FG+SGEssential in achieving the daylighting aimed by the architect the choice of coverings – both internal and external – was made in neutrals - shades of white and sand; that are present in the white acrylic paint on the walls and the walnut veneer panels The deep indigo blue swimming-pool acts as an accent You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email (PRWEB) August 05, 2014 -- Renaissance Jaragua Santo Domingo Hotel has begun a one year, $30 million renovation of its historical iconic hotel. In addition to giving all of the 300 guest rooms of the Santo Domingo hotel a completely new interior that incorporates a fresh color schedule and modern furnishings the one year restoration plans will also include all new meeting and event space We are tremendously excited to announce this renovation which has been a culmination of many years of careful planning to ensure our guests' ultimate satisfaction “We are tremendously excited to announce this renovation which has been the culmination of many years of careful planning to ensure our guests’ ultimate satisfaction,” said Eduardo Reple General Manager of the Renaissance Jaragua Santo Domingo Hotel “To ensure our guests are not disrupted during their stay which will touch every aspect of the hotel was inspired by both Santo Domingo’s tropical location and the sleek simplicity of modern design they create an atmosphere that feels exotic and sophisticated - jungle-inspired The meeting spaces and ballroom will have a unique feel with a “fountains of light” design - a focus on colorful lighting paired with simplistic nudes and silvers - as the focal point of the new rooms Amanda Gill, Renaissance Jaragua Santo Domingo, http://www.RenaissanceSantoDomingo.com, +1 (321)298-7005, [email protected] Do not sell or share my personal information: Traditional Salvadoran food and inventive craft cocktails: two great things that taste great together a concrete monstrosity that was (and I believe still is) the largest mall in Central America My favorite place to eat in the mall soon became Pavito Criollo It was entirely too big for once person to eat alone — a three-hander — and was a essentially a white bread bun filled a mountain of tender turkey meat and topped with repollo that it quickly saturated the bun and turned the experience of eating the sandwich into a very sloppy That was a rather lengthy way of saying that Jaraguá a Salvadoran restaurant on corner of Serrano and Beverly Boulevard in East Hollywood They're certainly not alone in that regard at Jaraguá — and I say this in the most positive way possible — it reminds me of being at the mall It reminds me of standing there in a food court trying to force a too-big sandwich into my maw brown turkey juices running down my arms and staining my shirt It's also about the size of an NFL regulation football The pan con pavo at Jaraguá looks like a large boat The crusty white bread shell is stuffed with the tender shredded turkey meat (watch out for the wayward bone!) that is so juicy it's sopped through the bottom of the sandwich Topping the meat is a generous handful of fresh savory meat and peppery slaw make for the innards of an ideal sandwich Good luck eating it and maintaining your dignity Jaraguá is not a new restaurant — it's been there for a good eight or nine years years holding down the fort with exemplary and under-appreciated Salvadoran food Owners Ana and Milton Fuentes (their family also owns Atlacatl down the street) make some of the best pupusas in town edible flower that is so delicious it baffles me why it isn't found on non-Salvadoran menus) is the restaurant's partnership with the bar next door The two establishments are independent but symbiotic The Copper Still used to simply be the back bar of Jaraguá (the overused restaurant trope "bar and grill" comes to mind) but since current beverage manager Nancy Kwon took over the Still three years ago it's turned into a destination all it's own — a place to get some of the finest most innovative drinks and craft cocktails in the city food from Jaraguá can be ordered directly from the bar until midnight which is long after the actual restaurant has closed Not just snacks or fried food either: the entire menu It means you can sit at the bar and eat a fluffy-on-the-outside all while sipping one one of Kwon's signature creations highly potent cocktail made with 114-proof bourbon whiskey a native of Torrance and one of the best bartenders in town and she will happily discuss the finer points of sarsaparilla bitters and Becherovka with you while putting in your order for Salvadoran poutine The hardy yucca replaces the potato in this reimagining making it a good deal less greasy than a typical poutine The yucca is a somewhat hardier root vegetable and it's cut thickly here The yucca is topped with a generous portion of what is essentially pot roast and a healthy portion of the natural gravy which is slow-cooked in carrots and onions until fork-tender Poutine wouldn't be poutine without cheese and Salvadoran queso fresco is what blankets this dish It adds a welcome freshness and crumbly texture to the fried yucca and braised meat Note: while the restaurant Jaraguá is open every day but you'll have to come Wednesday through Sunday if you'd like to enjoy the fine Salvadoran cuisine alongside Kwon's inventive imbibements Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Security signed declaratory ordinances in Brasília recognizing seven indigenous territories of the Guarani people in the state of São Paulo The official recognition occurred on Wednesday (Oct in the presence of Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara marking the end of an eight-year hiatus in the demarcation of indigenous lands in this state a final step remains: the publication of a decree signed by the country’s president the lands located in the capital and Osasco encompass over 18,000 hectares and currently provide a habitat for 982 indigenous people The documents also recognize indigenous territories in municipalities within the Ribeira Valley According to the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) this act aims to secure permanent possession of their territories for the Guarani Mbya and Tupi Guarani peoples The organization also notes that the Guarani are still awaiting the declaration of three additional indigenous lands in the states of São Paulo and Paraná The woman looks serious, if not a bit devilish, as she holds a hair dryer and looks intently to the side. The large mural at the Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino was created by artist Omar Garcia The artist said the mural was inspired by his mother There are six murals on the property by Angurria who also created murals for Lin-Manuel Miranda's film "In the Heights." The murals are located in three executive boardrooms and in the newly renovated Garden Lobby These artworks are just some of the Instagrammable highlights awaiting guests at this upscale resort-like property in the Dominican capital A friend and I snapped away during a recent stay at the Renaissance "Renaissance Hotels invites you to connect with the destination through moments of spontaneous discovery and discover hidden gems -- like art," said Manel Atie "Our walls are covered by what it means to be Dominican for those artists such as Angurria and Carina Crousset Our guests are able to walk through our murals and learn about Dominican history and values." The hotel is just a few steps from George Washington Avenue which hugs the Caribbean coast and attracts many tourists with its hotels A large "SD" sculpture is perfect for Instagram photos as are the vibrantly colored sunsets this city is blessed with luxury comes to life through color and unexpected details The two Presidential Suites stand as the epitome of bliss and comfort providing a spacious haven with cozy furnishings and stunning decor The dining table transforms into a pool table A colorful hammock beckons from the balcony There's exercise equipment for a private workout and a private kitchen that can come with a personal chef who will create a menu and prepare meals Atie said the Renaissance attracts a great number of frequent travelers many on the road upward of 100 nights a year a lot of detail has been put into the hotel's fitness center although currently it is accessible by appointment only elliptical and treadmill machines with access to live TV and Netflix is where guests can unwind after a long day or flight My own spa experience at Zui was relaxing and rejuvenating with deep strokes during the deep-tissue massage "We have not had a guest that has stepped into Zui without leaving relaxed," Atie said proudly "Our essential oils were specially designed for those wanting to unwind Nearby, the JW Marriott Hotel Santo Domingo caters to business travelers who specialize in consulting The property has 150 rooms and is much busier and buzzier than its sister property The real gem here is the Presidential Suite it offers stunning panoramic views of the city The bedroom includes a richly furnished living area and a work desk with sophisticated decor and fine details The property also includes master and junior suites on each floor that are located at the corners to provide sweeping views of the skyline the hotel is pouring its own brand of beer in its Vertygo 101 Lounge & Bar its distinctive glass-floored rooftop lounge and bar The hotel says it is the first in the Dominican Republic to develop its own brew For those wishing to sightsee in Santo Domingo The Zona Colonial offers sites like Museo de las Casas Reales (Museum of the Royal Houses) and Parque Independencia Colonial Tours is a great option for tours friendly and fun to spend the day with during a hop-on A lunch break took us to El Buho Cafe Restaurant which has everything from Dominican food to pasta especially when sipped in the restaurant's beautiful outdoor area but the ambience is what really made the experience for me Please note: This page has been archived and its content may no longer be up-to-date This version of the page will remain live for reference purposes as we work to update the content across our website The WWF is run at a local level by the following offices.. 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Print Name of restaurant: The Copper Still (inside Jaragua) Concept: A hipster bar separated from a family-friendly Salvadoran restaurant by a velvet curtain Mixologist: Nancy Kwon makes exciting cocktails from tamarindo pulp fruit-infused vinegars and whatever happens to catch her whim The Salvadoran poutine is a small dish of yucca fries topped with meat and some crumbly queso fresco It’s the perfect snack to have with your artisan brew Runner-ups: You can pretty much order anything from the Jaragua menu like the pupusas; the pan con pavo (“bread with turkey,” a.k.a turkey sandwich); one of the shrimp cocktails; or the mojarra frita a whole tilapia deep fried and served with rice and beans If you don’t want to eat a giant turkey sandwich You can also order anything from the bar when dining at Jaragua next door We get friendly with a couple of older women who could have just come for a drink after a stint as docents at MOCA The bar is surrounded by millennials vying for a beverage before a special film screening in the room next door Appropriate for: Grabbing some powerful drinks and Salvadoran snacks after work with friends They’re only open evenings from Wednesday to Sunday so don’t plan on hosting any big birthday bashes there but service at the restaurant is even slower a knock-your-socks-off tamarindo drink with a kick or one of the bartender’s chalkboard specials Info: The Copper Still: 4485 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 661-1985; Jaragua: 4493 Beverly Blvd.; www.jaraguarestaurant.com/copper-still.html Carnitas El Veneno: Tijuana-style juicy carne asada tacos Great ramen in central Hollywood? Try Chibiscus Asian Cafe Twisted Sage Cafe is for lovers of bacon and fat breakfast burritos The Scouting Report is a quick look at restaurants worth a visit. Scouts were selected by restaurant critic Jonathan Gold, who may or may not agree with a single word. World & Nation shares his people’s sacred story in a mix of Portuguese and Guarani as he walks along a path in the rainforest These are places where people should never interfere,” says the Indigenous Guarani leader as he moves deeper into the forest until the sound of cars or a little more than a mile away in the city and in recent decades has been subject to invasions and real estate speculation not to mention the constant struggle with one of the world’s largest cities for every square centimeter of land the 125 Indigenous families living in the six villages inside Jaraguá decided in 2017 to join forces in planting native Atlantic Rainforest seedlings and bringing back indigenous bees the Jaraguá Guarani proudly sustain a meliponário with 300 hives that house nine native bee species the return of native bees considered sacred by many ethnic groups in Brazil has also brought back an important part of the Guarani ancestral way of living This includes naming ceremonies using candles made from native beeswax and the production of various incenses to treat depression and mental illnesses “The indigenous bees have helped us recover ancestral knowledge that uses the honey and wax for medicines but had never been able to use them because the native bees had all died off in Jaraguá,” Werá Mirim says the making of traditional handicrafts was one of the few ancestral activities that remained for the people in the Jaraguá Indigenous Territory Confined to this reservation squeezed between the Bandeirantes and Anhanguera freeways and cut in two by the Jaraguá Tourist Route the São Paulo Guarani are unable to carry out ancestral practices like hunting and fishing “It’s really hard for Indigenous people not to be able to swim in a river calms the spirit and strengthens our traditions we now have more flowers in the springtime and our agroforest is more productive,” Werá Mirim says a professor at São Paulo State University’s (UNESP) Center for the Study of Social Insects (CEIS) says indigenous bees produce less honey than non-native species yet are important pollinators for the native plants “Some native Brazilian flowers can only be pollinated by indigenous bees Africanized bees disrupt the work of indigenous bees by removing the pollen from the passionflowers without being able to pollinate them,” Malaspina says He points to studies showing how native bee colonies can increase agricultural production in Brazil and generate larger fruits in greater quantities “We would be able to increase soybean production in Brazil by 18% without cutting down a single square centimeter of rainforest just because of the pollination power of native bees melons … just to name a few crops,” he says When one imagines an apiary full of bees ready to sting anyone that comes close “peace” isn’t exactly the word that comes to mind opening a cedar box that’s home to a hive of thousands of tiny “Indigenous bees aren’t violent like the Africanized ones so the most they can do is get tangled up in your hair.” Werá Mirim uses no special clothes or gloves to handle the hive often informally called “killer bees,” are a hybrid of various subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) During the European colonization of South America Catholic priests introduced European bees to Brazil for their wax so that they could make candles and apiculture spread throughout the region over the years But because the European subspecies aren’t very strong honey producers a teacher brought East African lowland honey bees to Brazil in 1956 just one-eighth of the original forest cover remains A study published this past February in the journal Environmental Pollution shows that native bees are also more sensitive to pesticides than stinging bees “The native bee species are greatly dependent on preservation of the rainforests where they live so they can build their hives,” Malaspina says “If a colony is removed from the tree where it is installed This is why we have a law prohibiting the removal of hives from nature There are ways of collecting them with bait that don’t interfere with the environment.” which involves placing natural bait inside plastic bottles hanging from tree trunks in the rainforest to attract the insects he removes it from the tree and transfers it nest to a cedar box adapted for the native bees to be able to build out their hive The idea of creating a meliponário in the Jaraguá Indigenous Territory began with Márcio Werá Mirim’s cousin a xondaro (warrior) and one of the guardians of the territory Werá Mirim was living in the state of Espírito Santo in the coastal Tupiniquim Indigenous Territory he learned how to raise bees from his uncles Guarani family members from all over Brazil frequently exchange seeds and plants to ensure that important species in their food traditions don’t disappear from the Indigenous territories “I went to visit the village in Espírito Santo I looked out into the backyard and saw Márcio with his shirt off and a bunch of bees surrounding him ‘He’s really lost it,’ I thought to myself It was then that I learned about the stinger-free bees,” says Tiago Karai who until then didn’t know how important native bees had been to his people “Because our culture is transmitted orally from the older generations to the younger ones the native bee tradition had disappeared together with the Atlantic Rainforest,” he adds Karai became fascinated with the indigenous bees and convinced his cousin to return to the Jaraguá Indigenous Territory to teach his São Paulo family members how to raise these species This was also a time when the territory was suffering invasions from land grabbers along one of its borders compelling the Indigenous residents to migrate along the border to establish new villages and guarantee the protection of their land “We physically surround the territory to keep land grabbers from coming in wanting to build housing developments,” Karai says This was how the village of Tekoá Yvy Porã was formed nearly 10 years ago just a few meters off the busy Jaraguá Tourist Route the city’s highest landmark and a popular destination The community built its seedling greenhouse right on the shoulder of the tourist route So Márcio Werá Mirim returned to the Jaraguá Indigenous Territory in 2017 developed native beekeeping workshops for the children living in the territory Since his return and the arrival of the native bees the village’s prayer house has become its busiest meeting place “We make the sacred body paint that we use in our ceremony from the jataí bees We also have the ‘honey ceremony’ in which we sing and pray to be purified Other species are used for smoke ceremonies that help people with mental problems like depression,” Werá Mirim says The meliponário is also said to have brought greater spiritual protection to the homes in the community or if there are children who cry too much there we place candles made from the wax from our bees to send the bad spirits away,” Werá Mirim says whose eucalyptus plantations had crossed the borders into the Indigenous territory “Family members from many parts of the country moved to the Tupiniquim territory to help We cut down all the eucalyptus trees that had been planted on Indigenous land and The 14,325 hectares of self-demarcated land claimed by the Tupiniquim and Guarani were only ratified by the government in 2010 part of the land they’d reclaimed had already been rendered unproductive That’s when we started raising the indigenous Atlantic Rainforest bees that had disappeared from the region because of deforestation,” Werá Mirim says nor had he been aware of their importance to the Guarani people After the land was reclaimed from Aracruz and the native bees brought back with rivers to swim and fish in along the Espírito Santo coastline Márcio Werá Mirim says he rediscovered joy living there — something that had disappeared from the Jaraguá Indigenous Territory an area officially the size of two football fields making it the smallest Indigenous territory in Brazil but this addition is still awaiting ratification by the government.) and the bees to help my spirit stay there,” Werá Mirim says “This is because we believe that when a person becomes very sad their spirit has left the place and it’s very dangerous.” But his happiness in the Tupiniquim Indigenous Territory was short-lived: in 2015 the Mariana dam holding mining waste from iron ore miner Samarco (a subsidiary of Vale sending a torrent of contaminated mud 700 km (430 mi) down the Doce River Swimming and fishing in the rivers were no longer possible “I couldn’t see any perspective for being able to live well in Aracruz without being able to fish I came back with the bees,” Werá Mirim says There are 300 known regional species of indigenous bees living in Brazil “Even though they don’t sting and seem easy to handle many can’t work in cold weather so their owners need to know how to feed the hives artificially during the winter thousands of bees die at the hands of these people,” Malaspina says Hives of native species sell online today for as much as 2,000 reais ($400) which are the most common indigenous species moving native bee species to regions outside their original areas can spread illness in the environment people have discovered stinger-free bees and have begun to take them out of nature to raise at home as if they were pets without first understanding the environmental risks involved This story was reported by Mongabay’s Brazil team and first published here on our Brazil site on May 2 Lourencetti, A. P. S., Azevedo, P., Miotelo, L., Malaspina, O., & Nocelli, R. C. F. (2023). Surrogate species in pesticide risk assessments: Toxicological data of three stingless bees species. Environmental Pollution, 318, 120842. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120842 The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa as protected areas become battlegrounds over history and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins and trying to forge a path forward […] One makes whimsical clicking and whistling noises, while the other communicates in quiet, bird-like chirps. The first is one of the planet’s only venomous mammals, the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) while the second is Cuvier’s hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) a cryptic rodent that is nocturnal and arboreal Close relatives of both species have suffered extinctions and severe habitat loss in the past the IUCN lists the hutia and solenodon as Endangered and they face fresh threats in their Caribbean range This is true even in official protected areas such as the Dominican Republic’s Biosphere Reserve of Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo where conservationists have been uncovering widespread illicit deforestation during the past three years In late 2014, an irregularity in the issuance of permits for agriculture-related deforestation was brought to light by Diario Libre the leading newspaper in the Dominican Republic the Pedernales office of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources granted permission to local landowners to deforest an area within Jaragua National Park close to an area that had been identified as critical habitat for the hutia and solenodon Director of Environment for the Province of Pedernales granted permission to Manuel Herasme and his partner to deforest a piece of land that León argues is within the confines of the Jaragua National Park along with members of the press from Diario Libre visited the office that granted the permit we saw a receipt for 10,000 Dominican pesos (about $US220) charged for this permit by the Provincial Environment office,” León informed mongabay.com the businessman told a trusted source he paid $40,000DOP for the permit in cash to the aforementioned technician (Rodolfo Méndez) Unfortunately I fear this is not the only [such] case.” León and her team took coordinates at the site of the deforestation but when they asked the permit office for their own coordinates León identified a map hanging on the office wall that clearly outlined the protected area but she believes that the officials either didn’t know how to reference the coordinates to the map The area that León describes as cleared in the video above comprises approximately 15 hectares of land (0.15 square kilometers) within the national park – not a very large area as deforestation goes the permit that was granted erroneously specified only 12 hectares to be deforested although the process of clearing the land was not complete at the time of her visit León believes this is not an isolated problem the deforestation under Jaragua and Sierra de Bahoruco National Parks boundaries is at least 20 square kilometers,” León said she has recorded another 35 square kilometers of cloud forest cleared within the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park on the southern slopes of the mountain range “I have been able to map over 50 land occupants in surveyed areas of southern Bahoruco so far,” León elaborated In a December 2014 press release, the Ministry of the Environment officially announced the removal of Leovigildo Méndez from his post “We will not permit any actions that can hurt our environment and natural resources,” states Minister of the Environment León alleges Méndez was not completely dismissed and instead was moved to another position within the Ministry we just heard [ Leovigildo Méndez] was not fired but has now been appointed as Coastal Marine Supervisor for three southern provinces (which includes Pedernales),” León told mongabay.com Attempts by mongabay.com to contact officials at the Dominican Republic Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources by phone and e-mail were unsuccessful Scientists are still mapping the full range of the hutia and the solenodon on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean which is shared by both Haiti and the Dominican Republic Little is known of the stability of their populations how resilient they are to habitat alterations and invasive predators what has allowed these two species to survive when so many other West Indian species have succumbed to extinction A collaboration of institutions from the United Kingdom and the Dominican Republic came together in early 2009 to embark upon a three-year study of the hutia and the solenodon under the auspices of a Darwin Initiative Grant The project was titled “Los Ultimos Sobrevivientes – salvando el Solenodonte y la Hutia de la Hispaniola,” or “The Last Survivors – saving the Hispaniolan solenodon and hutia.” The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust led the Last Survivors Project in conjunction with the Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola and the Secretaria de Estado de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de Republica Dominica They began an island-wide monitoring and awareness-raising program unearthing along the way evidence of habitat threats in the region Rosalind Kennerley is a scientist who worked on the ground with the Durrell Conservation group on the Last Survivors Project conducting research for her graduate thesis dissertation on the use of tracking methods to better understand the basic ecology and habitat associations of the solenodon and hutia largely conducted in the vicinity of the villages of Las Mercedes and Mencia involved tracking solenodon that used both unprotected areas and the Jaragua National Park Kennerley described the area to mongabay.com as a biodiversity hotspot one of the last refuges for the hutia and the solenodon home to a large and diverse group of mammalian fauna – including sloths both of which are exclusively found in the Caribbean two species of solenodon are the only extant Caribbean insectivores The hutia is the only rodent native to Hispaniola Grupo Jaragua and Last Survivors fear for the future of these animals and encourage a deeper look at the processes governing permit granting and land use in the area “The [Dominican Republic] has 25 percent of its terrestrial lands under some kind of protected area but they are truly paper parks until they are marked on the ground and managed,” said León “[The illegal permits are] a major environmental crime occurring in plain sight at the expense of one of the most biodiversity-rich forests of the Caribbean but [there is] still no response from authorities We encourage you to republish Dialogue Earth articles, online or in print, under the Creative Commons license. Please read our republishing guidelines to get started The sight of military police encircling the prayer house was a sign of the tensions facing the Guarani Indigenous people in protest against threats to their territory of Jaraguá just 20 kilometres north-west of São Paulo’s urban centre The ritual began in the late afternoon, in the village of Tekoá Pyau. Among the congregation was Txai Suruí, a 26-year-old Indigenous activist, who became internationally known for her powerful speech at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in 2021 Originally from a Paiter Suruí Indigenous territory in the state of Rondônia Suruí was here to protest alongside her partner The group gathered to protest actions – both in Brazil’s congress and its supreme court – that could prevent Indigenous people from legally claiming their ancestral territories. On 30 May, the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of congress, approved a bill on the marco temporal or “time limit” – a proposal that would only recognise Indigenous communities’ claims to territories if they were occupying the lands in 1988 The bill is now up for a vote in the senate these legal changes would represent “the death not only of Indigenous peoples in the face of humanity’s greatest challenge In the run-up to the vote, a wave of protests took place across Brazil, called by the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples (APIB) a network bringing together Indigenous organisations from across the country including people from 21 different ethnic groups Police forcibly removed them from the highway in addition to carrying out low helicopter fly-bys in order “to surround them and follow them to the villages,” Djekupe claims “They didn’t need to do that; we are not a people of violence which has lived here since long before any coloniser ever thought of setting foot on this land.” after a ruling from the São Paulo court of justice prohibited them from returning to the highway the group turned instead to their religious ceremony in the village which was held as their next act of protest Though they are both young, the activist couple’s lives have long been shaped by various conflicts. Suruí is the daughter of activists Ivaneide Bandeira Cardozo and Almir Suruí, who for decades have fought for the preservation of Indigenous lands in the Amazon. Djekupe, aged 29 and born and raised in Jaraguá, is the grandson of Jandira Augusta Venício a woman who led the village and sought better conditions for its people These lands overlap with a state park that is home to Pico do Jaraguá the highest point in São Paulo at 1,135 metres the horizon of this Latin American metropolis has been taken over by imposing buildings standing in stark contrast to the lush stretch of Atlantic Forest that covers the mountain Though already surrounded by wide highways and luxury apartment blocks, Jaraguá faces continued pressure from real estate developers “We know that for the jurua [the Guarani term for white Brazilians] the land where we live has a high value per square metre,” says Djekupe In May, São Paulo councillors began discussing changes to regulations in the city’s upcoming masterplan. One of their main proposals is to expand the zone in which buildings have no height limit to include the surroundings of Jaraguá “There have been many moves to make irregular subdivisions [of lands to enable new developments] promoted by powerful people,” councillor Luana Alves told Diálogo Chino While glossy luxury apartments continue to rise near the foot of the Pico de Jaraguá conditions within the Indigenous territory have become increasingly cramped and weathered families of the Tupi-Guarani and Guarani-Mbya Indigenous peoples share housing built with support from social organisations while others that are self-built are more precarious The village’s school and community centre are made of brick while the traditional Guarani style of building residents gather around small fires to warm themselves in the winter cold of São Paulo which experiences an average daily low of 13C in July but access to water is more limited and often runs out at night Djekupe says he misses the days he used to spend bathing in what the local community affectionately refers to as “Grandma’s river” – the Ribeirão das Lavras we would go to my grandma’s house,” he recalls “She taught us to ask permission from the water spirits in order to bathe and get food.” both the pollution and threats to the village have intensified amid drawn-out debate over the marco temporal bill and supreme court action “This lack of clarity encourages invaders [into their claimed area] who believe their actions will be legalised in the future,” says Djekupe In May, Txai Suruí was ambushed by a group of around 50 men in the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous territory The marco temporal bill is currently being considered by senate committees but a date for the upper house vote has still not been set This case stems from a territorial dispute between the state government and the Xokleng people of Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil – but if approved by the court it could impact all land demarcations across the country supreme court minister Edson Fachin declared that the decision will have ‘general repercussion’ – that is it will apply to all cases in Brazil that deal with the same topic,” says Ana Carolina Alfinito Those defending the state’s case, such as the bill’s rapporteur and federal deputy Arthur Maia, as well as representatives of agribusiness argue that it would guarantee legal certainty for landowners Both the bill and the supreme court case involve the marco temporal which would require Indigenous peoples to prove that they occupied the areas they claim on 5 October 1988 the day Brazil’s federal constitution was enacted following the end of the country’s military dictatorship (1964–1985) The marco temporal proposal would disregard the forced displacements that Indigenous peoples have suffered throughout history, particularly at the beginning of European colonisation starting from the 16th century, as well as during the military dictatorship It also overlooks the existence of archaeological evidence of the occupation of Indigenous peoples in Brazilian territory – such as that of the Guarani peoples in the modern-day states of São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul “at least two thousand years ago,” explains Eduardo Neves professor and director of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the University of São Paulo Although the marco temporal proposal appears in both lawsuits, the bill, according to Alfinito, has “many more devastating and clearly unconstitutional points.” The law would allow, for example, economic activities, such as mining that would degrade the vegetation protected by Indigenous lands environmental protection must be prioritised above economic interests – something Indigenous groups can play a key role in supporting the endangered bees and hundreds of springs in [Jaraguá] where there is a very important water table [the underground level below which water can be found],” says Djekupe ensuring the protection of these Indigenous lands – and the ecosystems within them – will have implications far beyond their ever-threatened borders: “We’re not just talking about the lives of the Indigenous peoples including those who are deciding against our future.” Gabriela Di Bella is a journalist and photographer focused on the environment and Indigenous peoples She is a contributor to National Geographic Select from our bespoke newsletters for news best suited to you We’ve sent you an email with a confirmation link 我们向您的邮箱发送了一封确认邮件，请点击邮件中的确认链接。如果您未收到该邮件，请查看垃圾邮件。 If you would like more information about the terms of our republication policy or permission to use content, please write to us: [email protected] We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. 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sopa de gallina india (chicken vegetable soup) and entrepreneurs are doing their part to secure a place among the city’s diverse and fantastic food options Here are the 15 essential Salvadoran restaurants in Los Angeles Mercedes Rodriguez and her team have been delighting the residents of Reseda and beyond since 2008 with their deliciously authentic Salvi breakfast scrambles of eggs with loroco The dish is served with sides of pureed black beans A post shared by Mis Raices Salvadorean (@mis_raices_salvadorean) Las Cazuelas has been a beacon for pupusa lovers on North Figueroa Street in Highland Park for nearly four decades owner Carlos Lopez is mindful of keeping his menu as budget-friendly as possible to serve the community Come in for a plantain breakfast with coffee a carefully crafted pan con pollo paired with Salvadoran horchata It’s possible to fill up on home-cooked flavors without breaking the bank at this local legend Sourcing fresh ingredients from local farmers markets is paramount to Ruth Sandoval, the owner and operator of Delmy’s Pupusas Her menu offers traditional protein- and veggie-stuffed pupusas along with more unique takes on the beloved dish Jaragua has been serving classic Salvi fare since 2007 in Koreatown The dining hall is large and the menu is stacked with well-known dishes like pupusas and salpicon The Salvadoran churrasco plate features a half-pound of tender ribeye steak Rosa Guillen purchased El Majahual two decades ago from its owner and has been running the show since the restaurant expanded to include a spacious dining area to accommodate families and large parties Crowds descend on this Historic Filipinotown spot for Guillen’s famous rice flour pupusas tamales de chipilin (an herb native to Central America) To drink are Salvadoran aguas frescas like the fresco de arrayan A post shared by María Elena Gomez Torres (@nena_gomez_64) Come to Mama’s International Tamales for traditional flavors prepared with plant-based ingredients Owner Claudia Lopez and her mother developed the restaurant’s vegan cheeses and proteins that show up in tamales filled with cheesy jalapeno and jackfruit verde There’s even a vegan pan con “pollo” made with jackfruit stewed in a recaudo sauce that permeates with spices Check out the pupusas and tamales filled with chicken and chicken verde for those in a meaty mood A post shared by Mama's Tamales & Pupusas (@mamastamales) Owner Paul Serrano’s stall inside Grand Central Market is an absolute must-eat while exploring Downtown Los Angeles Locals and tourists flock here for loroco-studded pupusas and generous portions of carne guisada which is typically served at family gatherings has chopped veggies and tender cubes of beef smothered in a sauce of achiote paste Pair this saucy meal with a pineapple agua fresca The Best Restaurants in Downtown Los Angeles This Pico-Union pan dulce treasure trove makes one of LA's best sweet and savory breakfasts Come early for a Salvi breakfast and freshly baked quesadilla Salvadorena — a rich buttery pound cake infused with cheese and topped with toasted sesame seeds The traditional Salvadoran breakfast includes Salvadoran-style chorizo links and thick-cut and lightly fried plantains for sweetness A post shared by Panaderia Cuscatleca ™️ (@panaderia__cuscatleca) Pupusa power couple Stephanie Figueroa and Juan Saravia remix Salvadoran flavor with LA style delivering fun mashups like the carne guisada burger — slow-cooked beef layered with curtido and greens on a brioche bun On the sweets side of the menu is a Salvi-inspired dessert carney plátanos — carnival-style battered and deep-fried plantains lightly dusted with powdered sugar and served with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream This Downtown restaurant stands at the forefront of Salvadoran culinary innovation A post shared by La Pupusa Urban Eatery (@lapupusadtla) With three food trucks and a permanent stall inside BLVD Market in Montebello under owner Wendy Centeno’s belt Vchos Pupuseria Moderna has made its mark on the city’s Salvadoran food scene for the past decade Centeno’s menu includes Salvadoran-inspired sliders and an impressive plate of yuca sancochada con chicharrón (boiled cassava with deep-fried pork belly chicharrón) A post shared by vchostruck #pupusatruck (@vchostruck) The Best Gluten-Free Restaurants in Los Angeles Explore a wide selection of Salvadoran fare while the jukebox plays vibrant Cumbia music at any of Sonsonate’s three South LA locations you can taste the regional flavors from the state of Sonsonate The carne con camarones (charbroiled steak and shrimp plate) tastes of mellow garlic and sharp black pepper Pair this Salvi-style surf and turf with a Salvadoran lager or a tall glass of freshly made fresco de maracuya (passion fruit juice) A post shared by Sonsonate Grill (@sonsonategrill) the name Don Lencho is synonymous with mojarra (a tilapia-like fish) While most Salvadoran restaurants fry the mojarra whole Don Lecho grills it to perfection over mesquite There’s a reason why mojarra asada is the main attraction at this long-standing A post shared by Eat the World Los Angeles (@eattheworldla) Rio Lempa makes the tastiest sopa de gallina India (hen soup) in the area This is a go-to spot for dine-in or takeout The broth is slow-cooked with lots of diced carrots The soup is complemented by crispy-grilled chicken Sivar Treats is not your grandma’s Salvadoran restaurant Owners Andrea Castillo and Ronald Caceres Jr take liberties with the menu and aren’t afraid to serve some of the more unique items in the Salvadoran food scene Standout dishes include the milhojas (a flaky puff pastry layered with sweet custard) and the Buenos Aires pupusa filled with Argentinian-style chorizo Find this pupusa truck parked at Dignity Health Sports Park during LA Galaxy’s home games Every sale benefits AFJA (Academia de Futbol Juvenil Amatense) a nonprofit organization founded by USC alum Steven Levy that benefits youth in underserved communities in Central America Every pupusa has a warm homemade taste thanks to Levy’s aunt and head pupusera Maria Hilda Jule A post shared by AFJA (@afja.es) Sheltered beneath the first floor terrace balcony a huge space is opened up for living that stretches alongside the length of the pool The slim rectagular form of the house floats on the surrounding garden’s green plants leads to a mezzanine level that divides the house into two main areas half of the house is a master suit which includes a study area with book shelves along one of the wide corridor spaces Exterior of the house revealing the corner of the terrace carved out of the cuboid form of the house The main entrance to the house is through the garden A cosy upstairs room provides a more intimate experience for watching a film The master bathroom overlooks a wall of greenery outside A view revealing the ground floor double height space which brings plenty of light into the interior Looking out across the suburbs of São Paulo from the upstairs terrace For more information, visit the Arquiteta Fernanda Marques website escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox Daven Wu is the Singapore Editor at Wallpaper* he has been covering Singapore and the neighbouring South-East Asian region since 1999 and travel for both the magazine and website He is also the City Editor for the Phaidon Wallpaper* City Guide to Singapore impoverished settlements at the foot of Jaraguá peak have already taken up residence in the new village members of a Guarani community just inside São Paulo’s northern city limits have been attempting to get their village and 72-hectare [178-acre] swath of forest recognised as traditional tribal lands In an announcement published on Monday in the Diário Oficial da União the justice Minister José Cardozo declared the settlement traditional Guarani territory as part of a wider 532-hectare area around the Pico de Jaraguá mountaintop The announcement marks the second stage in a three-step process following the recognition of the land as Guarani in 2013 by Funai Brazil’s federal agency for Indian affairs The third step is the signing of a presidential decree declaring the land demarcated Indian territory would make the Guaranis legal owners of the land “The apprehension we’ve been living with has suddenly lifted,” said the community’s 74-year-old leader which occupied the land in 2014 following a previous occupation in 2005 at the petition of a former politicianwho claimed that his family owned the land Guarani indigenous children at the Tekoa Itakupe village in the Guarani indigenous community of the Jaragúa neighbourhood on 21 May 2015 Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty ImagesKarai said that help from supporters in São Paulo and beyond helped swing the minister’s decision “It was very important for us – I think it made a big difference.” which is flanked on one side by forest and on the other by the community’s crops More families are expected to move up to the forest but Karai said the group were determined to limit it to 20-30 families “The last thing we want is to end up living on top of one another again,” he says the Guarani’s struggle now shifts 60km to the southernmost edge of São Paulo where four villages await demarcation as indigenous territory “We’re hoping that will be easier now,” said Karai “but we know we need to keep up the pressure and to keep gathering as much support as we can.” in Brazil’s senate as of last week a decisive 60% of senators signed a manifesto opposing the constitutional amendment PEC 215 driven by Brazil’s powerful ruralist congressional caucus seeks to shift the power to demarcate land – or not – to Congress The PEC is fiercely opposed by the indigenous community and its growing ranks of supporters Metrics details World's smallest reptile is discovered in the Caribbean forest Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout At the lower size limit in amniote vertebrates: a new diminutive lizard from the West Indies Download references Reprints and permissions Download citation Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science 2021 (()=>{var e=async t=>{await(await t())()};(self.Astro||(self.Astro={})).load=e;window.dispatchEvent(new Event("astro:load"));})();The World's Smallest-Known Reptile Is About The Size Of A Sunflower Seed 3 minutes The male Brookesia nana just became the world's smallest-known reptile (Credit: Frank Glaw (SNSB / ZSM) Madagascar is home to some of the world's most exciting and unique animal species — about 75 percent of which cannot be found anywhere else on the planet These include the long-necked giraffe weevil The latest to join this impressive list of exotic creatures is a new reptile species small enough to perch on the tip of a finger The two adult specimens — a male and a female — of the Brookesia nana were discovered in Northern Madagascar's rainforests by an expedition team led by Dr a herpetologist at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Munich which measured 13.5 mm (0.5 inches) from snout to vent — with a total length of 22 mm (0.87 inches) — is the smallest among all the world's 11,500 known reptile species The title previously belonged to the Jaragua dwarf gecko which boasts a slightly longer snout to vent length of 16 mm (0.63 inches) The female nano-chameleon was much larger in comparison to the male measuring a "massive" 19.2 mm (0.75 inches) from snout to vent with an overall length of 29 mm (1.14 inches) we realized that it was an important discovery,” says Malagasy herpetologist Andolalao Rakotoarison co-author of the study published in the Scientific Reports journal on January 28 the blotchy brown lizards do not change color They also prefer to live on the rainforest floor spending their days hunting for mites and springtails in the leaf litter and their nights hiding in the tall grass blades The scientists are not sure how the species became so small miniature size is attributed to the “island effect,” where animals trapped on small islands tend to evolve smaller body sizes the nano-chameleons were found in the high-altitude rainforests which have ample space and natural resources for animals to flourish "The reptiles' home at around 1,300 meters above sea level… is quite unusual for this group of miniaturized chameleons,” says Dr The nano-chameleons' family tree further deepens the size mystery “The closest relative of the new chameleon is also not the similarly tiny Brookesia micra which occurs in the same mountains,” said German herpetologist and study co-author “That shows that this extreme miniaturization has arisen convergently [or independently] in these chameleons.” who were unable to find any more nano-chameleon specimens believe the reptiles' habitat is most likely limited 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Combate first reported the news A letter sent to the Minister of the Environment exposes a concern about the future of a part of the Cabo Rojo reef where a cruise port is to be built by the Mexican company ITM Group with an investment of 98 million dollars to be delivered by the end of 2023 The letter signed last September 15 by Grupo Jaragua Reef Check and the underwater photographer and conservationist José Alejadro Álvarez alerts the minister about the serious environmental consequences that the planned development of the port in Cabo Rojo The letter has been widely disseminated on social networks accompanied by a video made by Grupo Jaragua Reactions have been both for and against the environmentalists’ position Local September 28 “Our objective is to communicate and warn the authorities as well as the general public about the presence there of an extensive coral reef which is currently in a good state of conservation and would be directly affected by this announced development This would imply not only negative consequences in terms of environmental services at the local level but also the affectation of one of the polygons that make up the Jaragua Wetlands site of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of Global Importance the experts explain that the Cabo Rojo area has one of the largest reef complexes in the entire Dominican Republic Numerous species in danger of extinction are found in these habitats such as the staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) franksi) and the pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) Not only is it home to the different species of coral but it also serves as a refuge for young carey sea turtles all of which are at risk of extinction to varying degrees Any one who has been to Pedernales and especially to Cajo Rojo must be scratching their head about this proposed development At present the port is used for shipping the bauxite dug out in the nearby district There is nothing pretty about bauxite nor the area where it is dug out Why would anyone want to build tourist hotels there,It is an ugly place there is nothing to do where as Pedernales ,just a small distance to the west and Barahona to the east are much more attractive The chances of this project being a success are fairly slim not helped by having the hotels at Cajo Rojo Mangrove forests are hugely valuable ecosystems with an image problem. These small trees and shrubs, which grow in the brackish and saline water along tropical and subtropical shorelines, make a critical contribution to climate regulation and can sequester up to four times more carbon than most other tropical forests They also provide a sheltered habitat for juvenile fish and endangered wildlife Get Geographical’s latest news delivered straight to your inbox every Friday Despite all this, mangrove forests everywhere are in decline. One of the reasons, says Grupo Jaragua, an environmental NGO based in the Dominican Republic, and Seacology ‘Mangroves are usually seen as swampy mosquito ridden areas,’ says Andrea Thomen Grupo Jaragua has launched a five-year nationwide mangrove conservation initiative focused on raising awareness of the importance of these ecosystems and promoting solutions for their sustainable future ‘This is really about changing attitudes and allowing people to love mangroves and see them for the ecosystem services that they provide and for their biodiversity,’ says Thomen a saltwater lake fringed with mangrove forests in Jaragua National Park The Dominican Republic has lost more than a third of its mangroves over the last 50 years where the forests act as a crucial barrier between hurricanes and rising sea levels and the coastal communities that live alongside them Research by the United Nations Development Programme indicates that 70 per cent of the population of the Dominican Republic is at risk from floods and storms. Global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company estimates it would cost about $10,000 to replace the benefits provided by each hectare of mangrove including the funds needed to build new barriers to prevent coastal erosion Mangrove deforestation in Manglares de Bajo Yuna national park [Ariel Contreras] Thomen says conservationists in the Dominican Republic have ‘actually seen a loss of shoreline erosion and degradation of the coast in areas where mangroves have been removed particularly in the province of Monte Cristi.’ Although most of the island’s mangroves are already legally protected there is little enforcement against threats such as coastal development for tourism infrastructure Drought conditions at the Ramsar site Laguna Cabral led to death of these slider turtles [Ariel Contreras] most of the mangrove conservation efforts on the island are focused on individual areas or forests and are usually fragmented and small-scale ‘This is why we started to develop this national awareness initiative,’ says Thomen ‘to integrate a lot of these small projects and to create national pride in our mangrove forests the conservation community can unite and it will have the public support to do so.’ Grupo Jaragua runs a mangrove nursery where young mangroves are grown ready for planting [Ariel Contreras] In addition to raising awareness among the general public the initiative aims to work with schools and rural communities to promote environmental education and to have a long term impact on the teaching curriculum while using sport as a way to engage the island’s youth in conservation Its secondary aim is to increase and diversify incomes of island communities that are under economic pressure to exploit the natural resources of the mangrove forests by promoting local ecotourism and working with fishermen to develop sustainable harvesting practices Frigate birds rest within red mangroves [Ariel Contreras] ‘Our final goal is to be able to say that we’ve increased the number of mangrove conservation projects the number of actions implemented and of sites conserved because of advocacy efforts that were supported by an increase in awareness,’ says Thomen who is optimistic about the impact the initiative will have on the future of mangrove conservation and you don’t know how to appreciate it you might just see a bunch of trees with muddy water underneath But once you get to know this magical ecosystem © 2022 St Kitts Nevis Observer / Nevis Printing Ltd Newspaper Theme by tagDiv | All rights reserved although he didn’t give an exact date or location at the time Rockhold will take place at Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do Sul The UFC returned to Brazil for the first time in more than a decade with UFC 134 in August of 2011 The success that they’ve had in Brazil since that event has been nothing short of amazing leading White to declare it the new mecca of MMA which has one of the largest rebounding economies in the world quickly developing The Ultimate Fighter Brazil and adding more and more events to its schedule there UFC on FX 8 is just the latest event headed to Brazil but marks back-to-back shows there with Belfort headlining He is coming off of a stunning knockout victory over Michael Bisping at UFC on FX 7 in January The bout between he and Rockhold should put the winner on the short list of Anderson Silva contenders Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter. is confident that UFC Des Moines loss will fuel the fighter to take things to the next level