With the aim of promoting sustainable development and valuing indigenous culture, the Basic Environmental Plan for the Indigenous Component (PBACI), drawn up for the environmental licensing of the TCP, carried out the following actions in June:
As part of the promotion of tourist visitation in the villages, the project for the village’s Culture Center was validated with the members of the Karaguatá Poty community. In the village of Pindoty, Cotinga Island, the site where the Culture Center will be built underwent a technical inspection by the construction company bidding for the work, which also inspected the building that will be renovated to house the headquarters of the indigenous association and the visitor center.
On June 6, a meeting was held regarding the renovation of the Ermida, the church dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, located on Cotinga Island. The meeting was attended by representatives of TCP, the Paranaguá Municipal Department of the Environment, the Municipal Department of Culture, the Acquaplan consultancy, the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (PHAN), the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI) and leaders of the Pindoty village, and dealt with the interactions between the historic site and the tourism activities planned for the indigenous community.
On June 25, the 13th ordinary meeting of the PBACI Management Council took place, at which time the TCP, together with the consultancy, FUNAI and indigenous leaders, discuss the monitoring and new directions of the actions developed by the program.
Ongoing actions such as internet, telephone and water costs were maintained, as well as computer classes and weekly agroecology activities, with food planting aimed at the communities’ food autonomy.
In the context of the Guarani Mbyá Cultural Assets Management Program, participatory ethnomapping began, which consists of drawing up a map of the villages with the help of the residents themselves, constituting an important tool for territorial management. Indigenous researchers have also been trained in audiovisual recording, with a view to making up the indigenous exhibition scheduled to take place at UFPR’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE) in 2025.
