Ka’a Journal
Stories from the forest.
Background, reports and news from the Amazon: about people protecting their forest – and the economic models that make protection possible. “Ka’a” means forest in Tupi.
· 6 min read
Cocoa and the forest: when the cocoa bioeconomy really delivers
Cocoa can destroy forest – or keep it standing. A look at where cocoa comes from, its two faces, and what the bioeconomy in the Brazilian Amazon does differently.
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· 2 min read
Uakari Lodge: how guests help protect the rainforest
A floating lodge in the middle of the flooded forest, run together with the communities of the Mamirauá reserve. A project we support – and an example of how tourism can strengthen the forest.
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Newsletter #2 · · 3 min read
Newsletter #2: Mangroves, cacao and a summer full of encounters
Why mangroves are the Amazon’s most underrated ecosystem, how Noanny Maia is reviving her grandparents’ cacao legacy – and what we experienced at Amazon Week Berlin and in Hamburg.
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· 2 min read
Mamirauá: the reserve that changed conservation in Brazil
More than a million hectares of flooded forest, home to river dolphins and manatees – and the first area in Brazil where people and nature are protected together.
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· 2 min read
Protection through value creation: what the Amazon can learn from Namibia
In Namibia, communities earn money because wildlife is alive – and protect it for that reason. A model that can work in the Amazon too, once adapted to the forest.
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Newsletter #1 · · 2 min read
Newsletter #1: From the Amazon to Berlin – our first year
One year of Ka’a Harmony: our first COP30-linked panel in Belém, the story of Dona Oneca and the women’s network MMIB – and the networks we have joined.
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Money for the forest: what the Bolsa Floresta programme shows
Since 2007, a programme in the state of Amazonas has paid families to keep the forest standing. What has it achieved – and what not?
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The pirarucu: how a giant fish shows that protection pays off
It grows up to three metres long, breathes air – and had almost disappeared. Today the pirarucu is one of the Amazon’s great success stories. At our summer event in Berlin, we painted it together.
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