
A Maré tá pras juventudes
The Programa A Maré tá Pras Juventudes is a strategy for strengthening Amazonian territories from the territorialized perspective of Agenda 2030, with a focus on reinforcing youth rights in the face of climate challenges. It is a 3-year program whose main objective is to influence Amazonian public policies through the development of territorial research on youth and climate, the analysis of public policy scenarios in the Amazônia Legal, and citizen participation, trainings, campaigns, and social mobilizations. Additionally, it aims to reactivate and create democratic spaces for youth, as well as to develop proposal and guiding documents for the construction of public policies, projects, and programs to be promoted in the state of Pará and across the Amazônia Legal.
Pará is larger than the combined territories of France, the United Kingdom, and Germany; if it were a country, it would rank among the 25 largest in the world. The state covers 20% of the entire Amazon rainforest—more than any other country in the Pan-Amazon region. However, Pará has been leading the Brazilian Amazon deforestation rankings since 2006, which has left lasting scars on its population. The cities where deforestation has accelerated the most in recent years also score the lowest on the social progress index, leaving the future of children and youth threatened both by current insecurity in guaranteeing their rights and by the uncertainty of a future marked by climate and environmental vulnerability.
These conditions of degradation have led to an increase in climate injustices and human rights violations in the Amazon, particularly affecting traditional peoples, peripheral communities, women, and youth—groups that play a crucial role in conserving territories. This situation presents an opportunity to produce research and evidence to better understand the local context, as well as to enhance public policies, projects, and programs aimed at ensuring the rights of children and youth and building capacities for climate empowerment in a way that is sensitive to the needs of Amazonian children and youth.
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