Trocano News

Forest Fire Awareness in the communities of Borba. As part of the Trocano project actions, our recent Forest Fire Awareness and Protection campaign aims to widely disseminate forest fire information to the communities of Borba.  Like the Amazon rainforest as a whole, Borba faces the serious threat of forest fires.  Forest fires not only cause… Continue reading Forest Fire Prevention Campaign

Showcasing Sustainable Practices and Local Traditions at the local Borba festival From June 9th to 11th, the Trocano Araretama Project hosted an exhibition at the Festival of St. Anthony in Borba, Amazonas. This vibrant community event provided an opportunity to showcase the project's initiatives and promote sustainable practices like meliponiculture (stingless beekeeping), oil extraction, and… Continue reading Trocano Project Exhibition at the Festival of St. Anthony

Bridging Knowledge and Sustainability in Local Communities. On the 15th February 2024, the Trocano Project team embarked on another journey, this time to the vibrant community of Sempre Viva Santana.  With the mission of empowering communities, the aim for the team on this visit was to deliver courses on meliponiculture (beekeeping with native bees) and… Continue reading Empowering Communities Through Education

Planting Seeds of Change in the School Garden Community Project In the heart of the Trocano Project, there’s a truly vibrant initiative being nurtured. The local school in the São Lazaro da Terra Preta community, has created a vegetable garden with the help of the Trocano Araretama project team. The São Lazaro “Horta na Escola”… Continue reading Growing Together: the São Lazaro School Garden

Uniting joy, environmental awareness and community spirit in São Lazaro. Brazil's Children's Day “Dia das Crianças”celebrations were held on the 12th October 2023. For this special event, the Trocano Araretama Project embarked on a special journey to São Lazaro community. Our mission was simple yet profound: to celebrate Children’s Day by intertwining the threads of… Continue reading Celebrating Children’s Day in Trocano

More Stingless Bee Breeding training held in the Trocano Project. In the heart of the Amazon, the Trocano Araretama Project continues its vital mission of sustainable development and environmental preservation. Training in the practice of breeding and management of native stingless bees – known as meliponiculture - is an initiative implemented by the Trocano Project… Continue reading Latest Meliponiculture Course News

Trocano Team carry out an extensive program of visits. The Trocano team have made 42 community visits in the Trocano Project area in the month of August so far. The objective of the community visits was to follow up on training that has already been carried out in some of the communities. It was also… Continue reading Trocano Team Community Visits

Community participation in replanting a degraded area. In support with the Secretaria Municipal de Limpeza Publica (SEMLIP), the Trocano Project participated in replanting a degraded area in Borba using fruit seedlings. On the 30th June 2023, the replanting actions took place in the community of Jatuarana on the Deus é por nós branch.  The Trocano… Continue reading Replanting a Degraded Area in Borba

Exhibit of the Trocano Project at the Feast of Santo Antônio de Borba. The Trocano Araretama Project participated in the annual festival of Santo Antônio de Borba. This was a valuable opportunity for some of the participants of the courses held by the project to display their knowledge and products. From the 9th to 11th June,… Continue reading Trocano Exhibition at the Annual Borba Festival