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Age of Union deepens its commitment to global conservation with a two-year partnership to support The Juma Institute's mission of protecting the Amazon rainforest and preserving Indigenous culture with the development of a new knowledge centre that will include the Jane Goodall Roots&Shoots program MONTREAL , Dec. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Age of Union , the non-profit environmental organization led by Emmy-award winning executive producer and environmental activist Dax Dasilva , is proud to announce a USD $287,000 commitment to The Juma Institute over two years. The institute's mission is to promote the human rights, heritage, and territories of the Indigenous people and traditional communities in the Brazilian Amazon as well as the central role they have in the defense of the forest.
Age of Union's funding will support the construction of a new headquarters and Juma Institute Knowledge Centre, whose aim is to protect and share Indigenous knowledge and traditions essential to safeguarding the Brazilian Amazon forest, and which will include the Jane Goodall Roots&Shoots program..
