Photos: New approach to preserving the Amazon
Boats navigate a river in Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 7, 2022. A Brazilian non-profit has created a new model for land ownership that welcomes both local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon.
Fernanda de Araujo Moraes, center, president of the local riverine association, holds a child at her home in Lago Serrado community, near Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2022. A Brazilian nonprofit has created a new model for land ownership that welcomes both local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon. To involve the riverine communities in governance, the institute set up a steering committee and launched a series of public meetings called "community of dreams," where people can prioritize the improvements they want most.
Jose Alves de Morais maneuvers a boat, in Carauari, Brazil on Sept. 1, 2022. A Brazilian non-profit created a model for land ownership that welcomes both local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon. "This is something that doesn't exist here in the Amazon, it doesn't exist anywhere in Brazil. If it works, which it will, it will attract a lot of people's attention," Morais, a resident, told The Associated Press.
A wood stork flies, in Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 6, 2022. A Brazilian nonprofit has created a new model for land ownership that welcomes both local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon, the world's largest tropical forest.
Jose Alves de Morais carries jugs to a boat in Lago Serrado community, near Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2022.
Fishermen join boats to pass pirarucu fish to a motorized one, front, used to transport it faster to the processing ship at a lake in Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 6, 2022.
Fisherman Marco Aurelio Canuto Viana processes a pirarucu fish at a lake at Medio Jurua region, Amazonia State, Brazil, on Sept. 5, 2022.
Fernanda de Araujo Moraes, president of the river dwellers' association speaks at her home in Lago Serrado community, near Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2022.
Jose Alves de Morais and his nephew Felipe embrace at a home, in Lago Serrado community, near Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2022.
A family prepares food at a home in Lago Serrado community, near Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2022.
A boy stands at a table at a home in Lago Serrado community, near Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2022.
Boats sit at a dock at Lago Serrado community, near Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2022. A Brazilian nonprofit has created a new model for land ownership that welcomes both local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A man trails a dog in Lago Serrado community, near Carauari, Brazil, on Sept. 1, 2022.
A Brazilian nonprofit has created a new model for land ownership that welcomes both local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon, the world’s largest tropical forest. The goal is to create something replicable for other parts of the Amazon and slow the deforestation rates that have destroyed 10% of the entire forest in the last 40 years.