Who makes these beautiful birds? They are handcrafted by teenagers of low-income families, which live in Corumbá City (Southern Pantanal, Brazil). The “CASA DE MASSA BARRO” (House of Clay Crafts) is a cooperative, which aims to give a career opportunity to these teenagers (ages 9 – 14) by teaching them the art of clay crafting. One of the requirements to…
Nature’s biodiversity has always been used by human populations for its survival in a variety of environmental conditions. In the case of plant species, they have been harvested for direct consumption and/or to be used as utensils or even shelter. In the Jalapão region of Brazil (Tocantins State), local rural communities have been harvesting the scapes (flower stalks or stems)…