The Trocano team record important events and activities by video. Take a look at some of our favourite and latest Trocano Project videos:
Volunteer Fire Brigade Training October 2024
From 15th to 18th October the Trocano Araretama Project promoted a training course in forest fire brigade in the districts of Axinim and Ararunim, training 10 new brigade members, with the aim of preparing them to act in preventing and fighting fires in forest areas.
Volunteer Fire Brigade Training 19th to 23rd August 2024
From 19th to 23rd August 2024, the forest fire brigade course was held, to establish the first ever voluntary fire brigade in Borba. The course was organized by the Trocano Araretama Project, in partnership with the Municipality of Borba.
Trocano Project at the St Anthony de Borba Festival
From June 9th to 11th 2024, the Trocano Araretama Project hosted an exhibition at the Festival of St. Anthony in Borba, Amazonas showcasing the project’s initiatives and promote sustainable practices like meliponiculture (stingless beekeeping), oil extraction, and biodiversity preservation.
Review of the Trocano Project Activities 2023
2023 was a year full of achievements for the Trocano Araretama Project. We would like to thank all the partners and the team who helped make this a successful year.
Stingless Bee Breeding Course 26th – 27th July 2023
The stingless bee breeding program has been continued, this time in the community of Jatuarana. Mayor of Borba, José Pedro Graça, attended the closing ceremony of the course, accompanied by his wife, First Lady Ildeth Pantoja.
Recyclable Toy Contest 6th – 14th June 2023
Following on from the Recycling Education Day held in May at the Alcides Brandão Municipal School, students entered the recyclable toy contest. Awards were presented to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams.
Restoration of Degraded Area 29th March 2023
On March 29th 2023, the Trocano Project Team together with Municipality of Borba organised a reforestation event which saw the planting of 500 native seedlings in a degraded area previously used for livestock.
International Day of Forests 21st March 2023
Borba celebrated the International Day of Forests on the 21st March 2023. Together with the Trocano Project team some seedling trees were planted in an area that was previously a rubbish dump.
National Climate Change Awareness Day 16th March 2023
The Trocano Project Team celebrated this day with the opportunity to discuss the benefits of the project on the dedicated Borba Radio Station, Radio Santo Antônio 87,9 FM.
Borba Secretary of Tourism and Environment August 2022
Rafael Pantoja is the Municipal Secretary of Tourism and Environment in Borba. Here he discusses the Trocano Araretama Project and the benefits it brings to the people of Borba as well as the environment.
About the Trocano Project Videos
Members of the Trocano Project team ensure taking videos as a way of recording important project activities. The on-the-ground project team makes this Trocano Project videos diary, working together with the City Hall of the Municipality of Borba, as well as local organisations from within Borba.