Brazil's Xingu Park is the oldest indigenous territory in Brazil. Its 2.6 million hectares provide a home to 16 different tribes. The Rede de Sementes do Xingu brings together over 500 indigenous seed-collectors to gather and disperse native seeds, preserving the Amazon's essential biodiversity while at the same time providing income and employment for rural women. 249 tonnes of over 220 species of seeds have so far been collected, generating R$4 million for indigenous communities.
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RE:TV Working with Nature
"Everything was being designed, and still is in many ways, to battle against nature, to suppress and destroy and exploit." HRH The Prince of Wales encourages us all to work with nature to address the environmental crisis.
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RE:TV Terra Carta
HRH The Prince of Wales calls on leaders from all sectors and from all around the world to give their support to the ‘Terra Carta’ - a new initiative providing the basis of a sustainable recovery plan for Nature, People and Planet at the heart of global value creation.
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RE:TV A Circular Future
HRH The Prince of Wales sets out his vision of a Circular BioEconomy powering a new wave of human innovation working with the environment to address the climate emergency.
Marc Palahi of European Forest Institute, Bridgett Luther of Continuus Materials, Pawel Kisielewski of CCm Technologies, Inna...
