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Borari territorial guardians
Co-created with the Borari Indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon, this is a holistic, community-led strategy to protect Borari territory and strengthen Indigenous sovereignty in Alter do Chão, Pará. Built around three interconnected pillars: Territorial Guardianship, Land Rights, and Community-led Ecotourism, the project supports the Borari community in defending their land, generating evidence for territorial recognition, and reshaping tourism towards a model led by the people who have protected this territory for generations.
Where are we now?
The Borari Territorial Stewardship Initiative is a long-term, community-led strategy built around three interconnected pillars: Territorial Guardianship, Land Rights, and Community-led Ecotourism.
We are currently seeking funding to launch the pilot phase of the Borari Territorial Guardians, which will establish the community’s first structured territorial monitoring system. This first phase will focus on equipping and training the Guardians to document environmental threats, strengthen territorial protection, and generate community-owned evidence.
At the same time, we are supporting the initial stages of the Borari land demarcation process, including the collection of territorial information and technical documentation needed to strengthen future recognition efforts. Additional funding is needed to continue this work alongside community leadership and technical partners.
In parallel, we are co-designing a community-led ecotourism model with the Borari community. Rather than expanding tourism, the goal is to reshape it placing decision-making, cultural stewardship, and economic benefits back in the hands of the people who have cared for this territory for generations.
Our three pillars
I. Territorial Guardians: supporting the creation of a community-led network of Borari Territorial Guardians equipped to monitor environmental threats, document territorial changes, and strengthen the long-term protection of Borari territory.
Current priority: Funding the pilot phase, including equipment, training, transport, and operational support.
II. Land Rights and Territorial Recognition: Supporting community efforts to advance the Borari territorial recognition process through participatory mapping, territorial documentation, and the generation of community-owned evidence.
Current priority: Supporting field documentation, technical studies, and collaboration with Indigenous organizations and specialists.
III. Community-led Ecotourism: co-designing a tourism model that redirect tourism away from extractive models and towards experiences designed, managed, and led by the community, where cultural heritage, territorial protection, and local livelihoods reinforce one another.
Current priority: Community consultations, participatory planning, and the development of pilot experiences.
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Nature rights advocacy in Spain
In partnership with the AMARME community, we are currently producing a documentary that explores the groundbreaking movement for the recognition of the rights of nature in the Mar Menor, Spain. Through powerful storytelling and advocacy campaigns, this project aims to amplify citizen-led efforts to protect marine ecosystems and inspire systemic change through collective action.
- Transforming our relationship with Nature: To raise awareness and mobilise support for the recognition of the rights of nature, moving beyond the traditional view of nature as an object to be exploited and promoting its recognition as a subject with inherent rights.
- Driving replicable legal change: To promote the Mar Menor case as a pioneering European model capable of inspiring similar processes and creating replicable frameworks for other threatened ecosystems around the world.
- Strengthening collective power: To highlight the role of community activism as a driver of structural change, demonstrating how collective action can transform legal and political systems.