Projects proposed and led by the Association, with partners, to protect the territory, strengthen culture and generate income from the forest.
Since the 1970s, the Xikrin people have faced large infrastructure projects in the Middle Xingu. The Association monitors and co-executes the compensation programs of the Belo Monte dam, which changed the flow of the Bacajá River.
A project proposed and led by the Association: restoration with agroforestry systems, value chains for cacao, Brazil nuts, babassu and menire handicrafts, Xikrin fire brigades and Environmental Agents, and care for the villages’ water.
About the project Restaura Amazônia
Since 2018, the Association has supported the rituals of the Xikrin calendar, which pass knowledge from one generation to the next.
About the project Traditional Rituals
Young people from five villages trained to record fish catches and track changes in the Bacajá River after Belo Monte.
About the project Fish Monitoring
Internet to bring the villages closer together, speed up invasion alerts to protection agencies and follow up on projects.
About the project Internet in the Villages
Building the Ngàb, the warriors’ house, the political space where each village makes its decisions and learns from the Kubengêt.
About the project Warriors’ House
One thousand lemon, tangerine and orange seedlings distributed among the member villages.
About the project Citrus Seedlings