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more than 1700 small yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles, which in a very short
time will multiply to be scattered in the Ammonia River along the indigenous land.
There is also bee breeding around all the village houses.
“‘We are looking after our forest to make it richer from all the good that it offers
us’, said Benke Pianco (Ashaninka leader), emphasizing that he has learned the
sustainable management by pure intuition of knowing that when nature is well cared
for, it produces all the good that men need” (ISA 2018a, b, c).
Finally it should be noted that these projects of socio-environmental sustainability are based on traditional knowledge passed from generation to generation that
hybridize with the modern scientific and technological knowledge, thus formulating
sustainable alternatives to the development of forests like the Amazon Rainforest.
7 Paiter Suruís (Rondônia-Brazil)
Since the official contact in 1969, the approach with non-Indigenous People has
brought profound social changes among the Paíter. Of a warrior nature, the people
struggle for the recognition and integrity of their territory, fighting as they can against
adversities such as the incidence of irregular loggers and miners in their territory and
the omission of governmental organs. Even so, the Paíter seek to maintain the vitality
of their cultural traditions, in which society is understood from a division into halves,
so that the segments of society, the productive activities and ritual life are expressions
of the dualism between the village and the forest, the forest and the hunting, the
work and the party—the festivals of exchange of offerings and the community work
associated with them the highlights of the exchange and of the alternation between
these halves (ISA 2018a, b, c).
The Paiter Suruí Parliament, created in 2010, is a forum for Democratic debate
of ideas, reflections and deliberations. It represents the Paiter Suruí people in their
decisions, demands, the implementation of internal policies and in the interface with
government public policies. It is governed by a hierarchical organization, formed by
PAMATOT EY (Council of Elders—superior body of wisdom), LABIWAY EY (parliamentarians elected by the population every 5 years) and LABIWAY ESAGA (major
leader of the Paiter Suruí people). The Paiter Suruí people choose the representative
leaders of the Parliament and comprise a population of approximately 1350 people,
who live in 25 villages located on the border of 248,147 ha of the Sete de Setembro
Indigenous Land in Rondônia.
The Matereilá Association of the Suruí Indigenous People, founded in 1989, acts
in defense and preservation of cultural and territorial heritage, seeking to promote
the guarantee of biodiversity and the formation of indigenous peoples and leaders in
order to build and strengthen their autonomy in defense of territorial heritage. The
PAMINE project is aimed at the reforestation of the degraded areas of the Sete de
Setembro Indigenous Land (PAITER 2018).
The Suruí people, who live in Sete de Setembro territory, is a notable example
of how mapping indigenous territories can help prevent deforestation and preserve
A. Fabri and D. Floriani
more than 1700 small yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles, which in a very short
time will multiply to be scattered in the Ammonia River along the indigenous land.
There is also bee breeding around all the village houses.
“‘We are looking after our forest to make it richer from all the good that it offers
us’, said Benke Pianco (Ashaninka leader), emphasizing that he has learned the
sustainable management by pure intuition of knowing that when nature is well cared
for, it produces all the good that men need” (ISA 2018a, b, c).
Finally it should be noted that these projects of socio-environmental sustainability are based on traditional knowledge passed from generation to generation that
hybridize with the modern scientific and technological knowledge, thus formulating
sustainable alternatives to the development of forests like the Amazon Rainforest.
7 Paiter Suruís (Rondônia-Brazil)
Since the official contact in 1969, the approach with non-Indigenous People has
brought profound social changes among the Paíter. Of a warrior nature, the people
struggle for the recognition and integrity of their territory, fighting as they can against
adversities such as the incidence of irregular loggers and miners in their territory and
the omission of governmental organs. Even so, the Paíter seek to maintain the vitality
of their cultural traditions, in which society is understood from a division into halves,
so that the segments of society, the productive activities and ritual life are expressions
of the dualism between the village and the forest, the forest and the hunting, the
work and the party—the festivals of exchange of offerings and the community work
associated with them the highlights of the exchange and of the alternation between
these halves (ISA 2018a, b, c).
The Paiter Suruí Parliament, created in 2010, is a forum for Democratic debate
of ideas, reflections and deliberations. It represents the Paiter Suruí people in their
decisions, demands, the implementation of internal policies and in the interface with
government public policies. It is governed by a hierarchical organization, formed by
PAMATOT EY (Council of Elders—superior body of wisdom), LABIWAY EY (parliamentarians elected by the population every 5 years) and LABIWAY ESAGA (major
leader of the Paiter Suruí people). The Paiter Suruí people choose the representative
leaders of the Parliament and comprise a population of approximately 1350 people,
who live in 25 villages located on the border of 248,147 ha of the Sete de Setembro
Indigenous Land in Rondônia.
The Matereilá Association of the Suruí Indigenous People, founded in 1989, acts
in defense and preservation of cultural and territorial heritage, seeking to promote
the guarantee of biodiversity and the formation of indigenous peoples and leaders in
order to build and strengthen their autonomy in defense of territorial heritage. The
PAMINE project is aimed at the reforestation of the degraded areas of the Sete de
Setembro Indigenous Land (PAITER 2018).
The Suruí people, who live in Sete de Setembro territory, is a notable example
of how mapping indigenous territories can help prevent deforestation and preserve