Digital Inclusion for Commons Management and Territorial Protection in the Tapajós River Basin
In the Northern region, which encompasses the Legal Amazon, digital inclusion through energy and connectivity infrastructure has become an important tool for the protection and management of traditionally occupied territories. Indigenous peoples and traditional communities, in partnership with civil society organizations, are increasingly using digital technologies as instruments to support territorial monitoring and surveillance actions in contexts of pressure, impact, and threats to their well-being and the conservation of socio-biodiversity. Cameras, cell phones, drones, GPS devices, and computers, as well as apps, digital platforms, and other data collection and analysis tools, have proven to be valuable instruments for empowering communities to autonomously protect the territories they inhabit.
The project aims to strengthen digital inclusion strategies for territorial protection and commons management in the Tapajós River Basin. Financial resources will be allocated to 20 local organizations for the acquisition of technological tools, focusing particularly on civil society organizations, associations, and community enterprises of Indigenous peoples and traditional communities that include women in management and leadership positions. The selected groups will receive training and technical assistance.
In addition, the project promotes a Collaboration Group on digital platforms used for territorial monitoring in the Amazon within the framework of the Independent Territorial Monitoring Network, an initiative coordinated by FGVces that brings together civil society organizations, community leaders, and research institutions engaged in autonomous territorial monitoring in the Amazon. The dialogues and experiences gathered through the project’s activities in the Tapajós Basin will serve as the basis for a technical study with recommendations to improve public policies at the intersection of digital technologies and territorial monitoring.
FGV São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP)
FGV Center for Sustainability Studies (FGVces)
Researchers: Kena Chaves/ Eric Macedo