Living Gaia e.V.
Support the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil and its guardians
Protect the Amazon Rainforest. Empower Indigenous Groups. Connect Cultures.
Where Indigenous people are allowed to live autonomously, the rainforest remains healthy. Therefore, Living Gaia e.V. defends the Brazilian Amazon together with the locals and promotes Indigenous sovereignty.
Living Gaia e.V. is a non-profit organization founded in 2014 based in Berlin. They protect the primary forest in the Brazilian Amazon in the Jordão region of the state of Acre. They work closely with the local Indigenous and traditional population on site.
In addition, they promote cultural exchange between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures. This also raises awareness in Europe about the challenges and solutions in the Amazon region.
The challenges for people and nature in the Amazon are diverse.
Together with local partner organizations,
Living Gaia e. V. works on various fronts:
Protect the Amazon Rainforest
With the Tarayá forest protection project, they preserve 160 square kilometers of primary forest in the Brazilian Amazon from deforestation and illegal hunting – an area as large as Liechtenstein. This prevents CO₂ emissions comparable to the annual emissions of 36,000 Germans. Local wildlife populations are also recovering in their refuge. Isolated indigenous people (isolados) find one of their last retreats in Tarayá. They are currently reforesting an additional 800 hectares.
With your support, they protect the land and its inhabitants permanently from exploitation.
Empowering Indigenous Women
Since the beginning of their work, they have placed a special focus on collaboration with the women of the Huni Kuin. They promote economic independence and education. In this context, the establishment of local organizational structures and entrepreneurship is an essential element. They supported the founding of the first women's organization in the region, Aibu Dayá ("the work of women" in hatxã kuin, the indigenous language of the Huni Kuin)
With your support, they are building, among other things, the first community and women's house in the region
Promote health and provide humanitarian support
Malnutrition and lack of access to clean drinking water are the biggest factors for health problems among the Huni Kuin in the region. Living Gaia promotes food production through fish ponds, livestock farming, and agroforestry systems.
Additionally, they support the villages with emergency aid in response to the increasing floods caused by the climate crisis.
Connecting Cultures
We believe that a profound transformation towards sustainability is only possible through new perspectives and a shift in consciousness. That’s why Living Gaia creates a direct bridge: Through regular visits from Huni Kuin representatives in Europe, they not only promote cultural exchange about their lifestyle and visions, but also provide the necessary visibility for their political and activist struggle in the context of the global climate crisis. Their voices are crucial for the protection of the planet.
With your support, Living Gaia enables exhibitions and lectures by indigenous women in Europe to inspire our fellow humans to protect the Amazon rainforest.
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