TODAY IS THE AMAZON DAY
O Amazon Day is celebrated on September 5th and its main objective is to make people aware of the importance of the largest tropical forest in the world, whose biodiversity is connected to life across the planet and has suffered constant attacks. This date was chosen as a way to honor the creation of the Province of Amazonas (currently the State of Amazonas) by D. Pedro II, in 1850.
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O Curto News selected some influencers from the region who can spark your curiosity about the forest and its culture. They are very different, but they have a single cause in common: the preservation of the Amazon.
Kenai
Kenai, or Gabriel Santos, is an environmental activist and was recognized as a “Young Transformer” in 2021.
For Kenai, the turning point for environmental activism happened in 2019. “It was during the 2019 fires, I was 13 years old at the time,” he recalled.
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Even at such a young age, Kenai follows political issues and explains them, in a very didactic way, to those who follow him on social media.
“The Amazon is where I live, where I get the air I breathe, for whom I fight. Only those who live know what it really means!”
Larissa Noguchi
Larissa Noguchi is a journalist, mother, Hawaiian canoe athlete and 1 year ago he started producing content about the environment on social media.
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Furthermore, Larissa is the granddaughter of Asian immigrants. To her followers, she explains that her grandparents “crossed two oceans and came to live in Pará” with an idea of Brazil and a reality very different from the current one. “At the time, the imagination was of progress and development and today it is endless devastation.”
Larissa's wishes for the Amazon are: an end to illegal mining and the death of indigenous people, and that her daughter can live in a better situation than her current one.
Samela Sataré
Samela is a communicator, content creator on Standing Amazon project, presenter, columnist and activist.
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Ufa!
She is indigenous to the people Sateré Mawé, leader and spokesperson for his people, who live in the west of Manaus.
José Neto
José Neto is a digital activist on behalf of indigenous peoples and the Amazon.
Furthermore, it shares the beauties of Pará on social media, trying to break prejudices and defend all types of forest life.
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Ellen Monielle
Ellen Monielle, or Eco Fada, is an environmental and food activist, researcher and graduate in International Relations.
Ellen supports different causes, one of which is the fight for the right to decent housing.
Amanda Costa
Unlike the others, Amanda Costa was not born in the North region, but in the Southeast, in the city of São Paulo.
Amanda is part of Standing Amazon project and created the Instituto Perifa Sustentável, which aims to bring environmental issues to the most vulnerable communities. Different and important, right!?
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