Production Ministry of Direction Science Klatovy Opening hours: Amazonia: Protection Pilot scheme for Ministry of Bayerisch Justice, FUNAI Daily from 9.30 am Eisenstein to 6.00 pm. of tropical forests and the protection Brazilian Ludwigs- www.saudeealegria.org.br www.gta.org.br No entrance fee thal Institute of the Haus zur Wildnis Rain Forest Trust Fund Environment Bodenmais Institutional Support Information sustainable development of the tropical coordination: World Bank Ministry of the Federal NATIONALPARK bilateral agreements Environment Environmental 11 ŠUMAVA overall funding Authorities B rainforests in aprox. US$ 350 Mio. A3 Since the mid-nineties conservation of the Municipalities Direction Ministério do Deggendorf B 85 NATIONALPARK Meio Ambiente tropical rain forests has been the main focus of Brazil (PPG7) grass root BAYERISCHER WALD groups the German-Brazilian development cooperation. NGOs Neuschönau Rua Bernardo Sanches, 231 Amazonian forests hold treasures, which are Grafenau São Paulo - SP - Brasil This scheme for cooperative Freyung 05684-040 irreplaceable only for today’s generations, and our By bus or train: From IC-Station Plattling 55 11 3771-5881 solutions to global challenges by train (Waldbahn) hourly. In the area descendants. Sustainable utilization of Research and knowledge Protected areas natural resources Institutional support management of the central parking lot you find a train www.farearte.com.br Brazil, and other partners face up to the has been developed in stop of the “Waldbah” and a bus stop of Strengthening environmental Information: www.amazoniabrasil.org.br [email protected] Participative demarcation Schemes of local deve- the Falkensteinbus. Details concerning and conservation of Indian administrations and their Basic research Haus zur Wildnis challenge of putting a halt to the destruction of the spirit of the UNO reserves lopment efforts of decentralization timetable and connections can be found 94227 Ludwigsthal under www.bayerwald-ticket.com. natural resources, reducing risks for our global Establishment and manage- Exploitation of natural Tel. 09922-5002-0 conference “environment and Strengthening NGOs / ment of protected areas forests private sector organizations Studies By car: From BAB3 (exit Deggendorf) Fax 09922-5002-167 climate and preserving the biological diversity. via B11 to the central parking lot in E-mail: [email protected] development” Implementation Water shed management Regional development Monitoring Ludwigsthal. www.natinalpark-bayerischer-wald.de The pilot scheme for the protection of the of ecological corridors tropical rainforests in Brazil is considered to be an (Rio de Janeiro 1992). Sustainable artesian Land use planning Divulgation of experiences example of a successful cooperation of national fisheries in Germany

and international actors in search of solutions for Processing and marketing Environmental monitoring of natural products 1.6.2007 – 4.11. 2007 a global environmental problem. In this context, financial cooperation Germany is Brazil’s most important partner. financial and technical Control of forest fires Haus zur Wildnis cooperation Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald “...I am a son of the ancient Yanomami, The Amazon region is in great danger. Every is a multicultural exhibition that gathers I dwell in the forest where my kin have „Amazônia Brasil“ year, an area equivalent to the size of Belgium is lived since I was born, and I do not together a wealth of knowledge about the region, with all its inherent diversity, potential destroyed. say to all palefaces that it was I who and contradictions. it presents the local communities, forest peoples and innovative discovered it! It has always been there, projects; portraying the Amazon from the viewpoint of those who live and work there along Every year, 10 million trees are logged, 90 percent long before me. with possible and realistic solutions with a variety of approaches and objectives. of them illegally. Cattle ranching is responsible for a great part of the devastation. ‘I do not say: I have discovered this Amazonia The exhibition ‚Amazônia Brasil‘ presents a little of the magic of this last great Earth because my gaze fell upon it, frontier of biodiversity on the pianet, supported by current scientific data of great Amazonia is the world’s last great unbroken area of tropical The forest inhabitants are and therefore I possess it!’ It was always virgin forest. Covering 7.9 million km2, the area makes up the true guardians of there, long before me. interest and importance. It provides an important service to the region, as it paints a realistic in the world and contemporary picture of the Amazon for the general public, letting them hear the voice 5 percent of the earth’s surface. More than 60 percent of the Amazonia. They work together in of best-practice I do not say: ‘I discovered the skies!’ of the local populations, their concerns and, of particular importance, gives them a clear idea of world’s remaining rainforest lie in Amazonia. Nine countries hundreds that deserve our Nor do I call out: ‘I discovered the fish, the many positive experiences and paths being developed in the region. share Amazonia: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, initiatives the hunt!’ They were always there, Guyana, Suriname and French Guayana, though more than half of support. But many of them since the beginning of time. This is not just an exhibition „about“ the region; it is more an exhibition „from“ the region. the territory lies within Brazil. live under extremely difficult Put on by the Projeto Saúde Alegria – Health and Happiness Project and the Grupo conditions and in severe I simply say that I, too, gain my With more than 7,000 tributaries, the Amazon accounts for de Trabalho Amazônico – Amazon Working Group (GTA), exhibition represents more Support for local communities and projects nourishment from them, that is all.” feeding into the world’s oceans. poverty. one fifth of all river water is the best strategy to safeguard the region’s future. than 610 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), social movements and forest community Amazonia has 25,000 km of navigable waterways in many Davi Kopenawa Yanomami leaders from throughout the Amazon as well as the wide range of local subsistence cases the only way of transportation for local dwellers. communities (Indians, rubber tabers, small-scale producers and fishermen, etc.). One hectare hosts more plant species than the whole of ”Amazonia is inhabited. Indigenous people and rubber tappers live It is also the result of extensive research and consultation with specialists, as well as Europe. 1,400 known species of fish live in the Amazon basin everywhere. Everywhere there is a struggle to preserve nature. As long as partnerships with fishing institutions, and governmental co-operation in developing and – these are 25 percent of all the known species in the world. indigenous people and rubber tappers live in the Amazon forest, there is still implementing positive public policies for the region. hope that it will be saved.“ Chico Mendes