Inga (Inga edulis) is a fast-growing nitrogen-fixing legume tree that helps restore and build soil fertility. It feeds the soil, creates shade, and helps to build conditions for everything to thrive.
Some trees grow to be harvested. Others grow so everything around them can. Inga does both.
Inga teaches us to enrich everything we touch — not extracting, but building.
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What does it actually mean to restore a forest?
Not just the land — the food systems, the knowledge, the seeds, the people who have tended it for generations.
People of the Forest. This is our work.
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It all starts with the soil. Understanding how to provide the right conditions for life to flourish is one of the greatest lessons for us all. It comes from the microscopic universe that serves as the foundation for all life, with which we interact everyday with our feet, our hands.
In the Amazon Rainforest, there are very particular conditions that support the immense variety of life. When those conditions are changed, when trees are cut down, the soil can quickly become depleted and lifeless. This is the story of how hybridised systems of agroforestry can bring life back and support a thriving, fruitful system once again.
Donate to the Yawanawá agroforestry project - link in bio
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On our previous trip to Mutum, we met 16 year old @vinnya___yawanawa
He instantly took a deep interest in the filmmaking process and shared his own passion for making images…
His wish is to tell stories, to document the traditions, the rituals and the daily life in the forest. Not just for the joy that it brings him, but also to play his part in preserving the culture and heritage of his people, the Yawanawá.
With the help of donations and support, @reforestfilms films and @pploftheforest donated Vinnya his first DSLR camera.
His next goal is to learn editing - with your support, we will source an editor from Brazil to develop his already flourishing skills.
We are grateful to be helping Vinnya share these incredibly important insights into an essential ecosystem under threat, that preserves our shared human heritage.
Donate to the project - link in bio 🌿🎥
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Follow along with the Yawanawá’s agroforestry project in the Amazon. Watch the full introduction video on YouTube, link in @pploftheforest bio. 🌿🎥
In partnership with @pploftheforest the Yawanawá are introducing an agroforestry project that is a hybridization of indigenous planting practices with new innovations in land tending, to create a replicable model of food sustainability amidst numerous threats to the locals food sources.
Learn more about the rich history and traditions of the Yawanawá, as well as actionable planting techniques that prioritize soil and land health.
Reforest Films is documenting the project, while supporting 16 year old Vinnya Yawanawá’s filmmaking through mentorship and equipment so he can tell the story of his people through his lens.
Donate to the project at peopleoftheforest.org
“When you act that way, you give life to the earth”
Matsini Yawanawá, chief of the indigenous village of Mutum in Acre, Brazil shares the importance of planting food forests in order to bring health, joy and sustainability to the land and families.
In partnership with @pploftheforest the Yawanawá are introducing an agroforestry project that is a hybridization of indigenous planting practices with new innovations in land tending, to create a replicable model of food sustainability amidst numerous threats to the locals food sources.
Follow along with the project to learn more about the rich history and traditions of the Yawanawá, as well as actionable planting techniques that prioritize soil and land health.
Reforest Films is documenting the project, while supporting 16 year old Vinnya Yawanawá’s filmmaking through mentorship and equipment so he can tell the story of his people through his lens.
Donate to the project at peopleoftheforest.org
#pploftheforest #reforestfilms #conservation #regenerative #yawanawá #agroforestry #indigenous #reforestation #foodsovereignty #land #tending #environmentalism #climateaction #sustainability #amazon #amazonforest
Júlia Yawanawá, a chief of her people in Mutum and plant expert, shares her intimate memories of learning from her father, Raimundo Luiz Yawanawá Tuikuru.
Júlia leads the mission in creating sustainable food forests and protecting biodiversity in her region of the Amazon rainforest, portraying the power of planting consciousness in children at a young age, instilling a wisdom of care, health and reciprocity as the richest resources on earth.
Follow along with the project to learn more about the rich history and traditions of the Yawanawá, as well as actionable planting techniques that prioritize soil and land health.
People of the Forest in collaboration with the Yawanawá are creating replicable models to ensure food sovereignty for indigenous Brazilian communities amongst ongoing pressures from climate change and illegal activities that threaten their food sources.
Reforest Films is documenting the project, while supporting 16 year old Vinnya Yawanawá's @vinnya___yawanawa filmmaking through mentorship and equipment so he can tell his people’s story through his lens.
Donate to the project at peopleoftheforest.org
#pploftheforest #reforestfilms #conservation #regenerative #yawanawá #agroforestry #indigenous #reforestation #foodsovereignty #land #tending #environmentalism #climateaction #sustainability #amazon #amazonforest
