A publication compiles the final projects of students from the Virtual Course in Territorial and Environmental Management, Pryyhrejara Wiràmiri. The course brought together representatives of indigenous peoples – Krahô, Apinayé, Krikati, Gavião Pyhcop Catiji, Canela Apanjekrá, Canela Memortumré, Guajajara-Tenetehar and Ka'apor – traditional communities, civil society and public agents working in the states of Maranhão and Tocantins for basic training on the National Policy for Territorial and Environmental Management – PNGATI and other topics associated with the sustainable territorial and environmental management of indigenous lands and the right to land of indigenous peoples and traditional communities.
Check out the publication featuring the final projects from the Pryyhrejara Wiramiri course.
The Pryyhrejara Wiràmiri course is an initiative of the Indigenous Work Center – CTI; the Institute for Society, Population and Nature – ISPN; the Wyty Catë Association of the Timbira Communities of Maranhão and Tocantins; the Coordination of Organizations and Articulations of Indigenous Peoples of Maranhão – COAPIMA; and the Articulation of Indigenous Women of Maranhão – AMIMA; within the scope of the project “Integrated Environmental and Territorial Management of Indigenous Lands in Eastern Amazonia,” with the support of USAID. It also had the partnership of the State University of the Tocantins Region of Maranhão – UEMASUL, certifying the course as university extension.
Driven by the impossibility of holding the activity in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these organizations joined forces to prepare the training process on a digital distance education platform, which made it possible to remotely bring together more than 100 course participants, teachers, and guests and develop content structured in four thematic modules, with the participation of indigenous and non-indigenous facilitators.
Despite the challenges faced throughout the course, the initiative contributed to the training of young people and leaders and allowed for the virtual integration of people from different cultures and regions, in a more integrated perspective of territorial and environmental management of these territories.
The course culminated in the development of final projects on diverse themes related to territories, their history of struggles for demarcation, and current strategies for territorial and environmental management. Participants organized themselves into groups, conducted research, interviews, systematized information, and consolidated their work in written or audiovisual formats.
Presentations of final projects. Images: CTI