Our Brazil program works across the country on marine plastic interception, remote island cleanups, environmental education and oil spill remediation
The Parley Global Cleanup Network works to protect marine environments from plastic pollution and other threats. Through collaborative cleanups with local businesses and organisations, our teams intercept plastic waste from beaches, remote islands, rivers, mangroves and coastal communities. With cleanups in 30 countries so far and counting, the Network also works on local education, awareness campaigns and government engagement to drive change.
Each country team shares our vision for healthier oceans globally, and works locally to champion the Parley AIR Strategy in their nation. As of 2021, Parley has worked with over 750 collaborators, engaged over 260,000 volunteers and conducted more than 4500 cleanups worldwide.
With a coastline that encompasses the Amazon River Basin and stretches over 4600 miles along the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil is a vast place to work, with many different coastal environments. Our program in Brazil has bases in Florianopolis and Rio working to address marine plastic pollution, conduct remote island cleanups, run environmental education programs online and on the oceans, and respond to the ongoing oil spill on the country’s northwest coast.
“Brazil is one of the most socially and bio-diverse countries in the world, but we face major socio-environmental threats that are destroying the oceans: deforestation, overfishing, oil spills, environmental racism and plastic pollution.
We believe in the power of nature, collaboration and passion – bringing people back to the natural environment so they can reconnect, foster opportunities and dialogue and ultimately create projects that protect and restore the health of our society and our oceans.”
– Juliana Poncioni Mota, Parley Brazil
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Featured Projects
Beach and coastal cleanups
Since launching in February 2019, Parley Brazil has conducted 33 cleanups in different parts of Brazil – from the famous beaches of Rio de Janiero to the remote islands of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago. Collaborating with an array of government agencies, local NGOs and scientists, the Brazil team have intercepted over 16,000lbs of marine debris in cleanups. Each event is coupled with awareness sessions and creative engagement activities – providing learning and networking opportunities for like-minded volunteers.
Oil spill response
In August 2019, mysterious blobs of oil began washing up along a 1400 mile stretch of Brazil’s northeast coastline – affecting beaches, reefs, mangroves and coastal communities. Parley worked with Corona, Salve Maracaipe and other local partners to support local cleanup efforts and safely store the collected oil – and worked with Brazilian journalist Leandro Barbosa to share the story globally.
Education and Anti-Racism
In February 2019, Parley Brazil began its first program in Fernando de Noronha, one of the few oceanic archipelagos in the Atlantic. The islands are an oasis for marine life, an important focus of diversity and biological richness, with outstanding endemism of vertebrates and great importance for seabirds in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Since then, the Parley Brazil team has created different educational actions based on the AIR Strategy, together with the local community and the administration both on the island and elsewhere in Brazil. Recently, in the wake of the global movement for social justice, the team partnered with a diverse group of educators and activists from different communities in the country – which is facing its history of colonialism tied to environmental exploitation.
Running in partnership with the Engajanundo and MNE networks, the pilot program is based on a participatory and critical education methodology, with debates, support material, discussions and research. The program is open to all those who are interested in learning more about and deepening their knowledge of Environmental Racism, and all those who wish to understand more about where the intersection between environmental and social movements lies.
Misiones collaboration
Iguazu National Park lies on the border of Argentina and Brazil, surrounded by rich, biodiverse rainforest and home to hundreds of huge waterfalls. Before the pandemic set in, Parley teams from Brazil and Argentina met up in the region to host cleanups, visit local communities and explore an agroforestry project run by Fundacion Agroecologica Iguazu.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR COLLABORATORS IN BRAZIL
ICMBio - Noronha
Administração de Fernando de Noronha (ATDEFN)
Universo
EREM Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha
Salve Maracaípe
Brasil Yacht Charter
INEA
AMAVE (Associação de Moradores do Aventureiro)
UERJ
Acolheita - mercado de comida de verdade
BiOrigen Cosmética Consciente
Pure Sun
Secretaria de Estado do Ambiente e Sustentabilidade - SEAS
Governo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Marina Itajaí
Elaya Design
Juventude Lixo Zero
Impact Hub Floripa
WWF Brasil
IMUA
Comcap
Mandato Agroecológico Florianópolis
Projeto Lontra
Instituto Australis
Aquário Municipal de Santos
Secretaria do Meio Ambiente de Ilhabela
Ondas da Inclusão
Associação de Surf Praia Mole
Recreio Limpo
Salvemos São Conrado
Comlurb
Palma 21
Standup PET
Blue Change Brasil
Waves for Inclusion
Reserva'a Clube de Canoa Havaiana
Sea Currents
Ong Esmeralda
Small Riders
Àterra
UFSC sem Plástico
Circuito Surf The Legends
Eco Local
Fenz Brazil
Projeto Verde Mar
Festival Sustenta
Blue Purpose
Winds for Future
Instituto Verde Luz
Icarahy Canoe Clube
Rio Sail Experience
Bra Va'a Club
Compacto
Ecomuseu de Sepetiba
Ecosurf
Amigos do Perigoso
Instituto Mangue Vivo
Movimento Pernambuco Sem Lixo
Eco Sup Suape
Leandro Barbosa - Jornalista
Mateus Morbeck - Fotógrafo
Xô Plástico
Sticky Bee
Ecolmeia
Sweety Lines
Olukai Hoe Canoa Clube
Canoa Caiçara
Hoe Mana Canoe Club
Secretaria de Meio Ambiente de Santos
Projeto Tamar
Itajaí Sailing
Studio Remo
Projeto Aruanã
Guardiões do Mar
CT Integrado Fabrício Borges
Remo e Lazer
PARNAMAR Noronha
Bio Bistrô
Trechy
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