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Participatoryand
Intercultural
FireManagement
Network
FirstMeeting
Scientific Parupa Station, Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG), via,
Kavanayén Indigenous Community, Gran Sabana, Parque Nacional Canaima,
Venezuela
8–11July2015
Authors:BibianaBilbaoandJayMistry
Supportedby:
TheBritishAcademy,UnitedKingdom
InstitutoNacionaldeParquesNacionales(INPARQUES)
MinisteriodelPoderPopulardeEcosocialismoyAguas,Venezuela
EstaciónCientíficaParupa(ECP),CorporaciónVenezolanadeGuayana(CVG),Venezuela
Meetingorganisingcommittee
BibianaBilbao,UniversidadSimónBolívar,Venezuela
JayMistry,RoyalHollowayUniversityofLondon,UnitedKingdom
MiguelMatany,ComandanciaBomberosForestales,INPARQUES,Venezuela
HéctorRodríguez,DirecciónEstaciónCientíficaParupa,CVG,Venezuela
AdrianaMillán,UniversidadCentraldeVenezuela
RosaSosa,EscuelaTécnicaAgropecuariaKavanayén,Venezuela
MarianaConstati,EscuelaTécnicaAgropecuariaKavanayén(ETAK),Venezuela
ErickLenarduzzi,DirecciónGeneraldeINPARQUES,Venezuela
MilagroMárquez,EscuelaTécnicaAgropecuariaKavanayén(ETAK),Venezuela
MilagroMárquez,EscuelaTécnicaAgropecuariaKavanayén(ETAK),Venezuela
Logisticalsupport
RosaHernao,EstaciónCientíficaParupa(ECP),CVG,Venezuela
ElizabethRivera,UniversidadSimónBolívar,Venezuela
EnriqueMeza,ComandanciaBomberosForestales,INPARQUES,Venezuela
JoséGregorioLeón,EstaciónCientíficaParupa,CVG,Venezuela
HumbertoChani,EstaciónCientíficaParupa,CVG,Venezuela
EduardoZambrano,UniversidadSimónBolívar,Venezuela
SofiaMarin,UniversidadSimónBolívar,Venezuela
1 BACKGROUNDANDAIMSOFTHEMEETING
The Participatory and Intercultural Fire Management Network meeting in Scientific Station
Parupa, CVG (Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana), Gran Sabana, Canaima National Park,
Venezuela, was the first meeting of a project funded by the British Academy (UK research
organisation)withtheobjectiveto:
“developa‘case’forintegratingIndigenousfirepracticeswithingovernmentfiremanagement
policy”.
TheprojectarisesfromacollaborationbetweenDrJayMistryofRoyalHollowayUniversityof
London,UK,andDrBibianaBilbao,UniversidadSimónBolívar,Venezuela.DrsMistryandBilbao
have considerable experience of working with Indigenous communities in Brazil, Guyana and
Venezuela,particularlyonthetopicoffiremanagement.
In order to achieve the objective of the project, from January 2015 to December 2017, and
focusingonVenezuela,BrazilandGuyana,theprojectwill:
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organiseworkshopstosharelessonsandperspectives;
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collatesecondarydata;
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facilitatesmallIndigenousparticipatoryvideoprojectsonfiremanagement;
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useremotesensingtoassessfireextentandimpact,and;
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undertakeaseriesoffocusgroupsandinterviewswithdecision-makers.
Theaimsofthisfirstmeetingthereforewere:
1) To share experiences and lessons on the needs and constraints existing in Indigenous
communityownedfiremanagement.
2) TodevelopashareddiscourseonhowIndigenouscommunityownedfiremanagement
couldbesupportedandstrengthened.
3) Todevelopanactionplantotakeforward.
2 REVIEWOFTHELITERATURE
A comprehensive review of the research to date carried out on Indigenous fire management
acrosstheworldshowsthefollowing:
a)Fireisanintegralcomponentofsavannaandforestlandscapes,includinginVenezuela,Brazil
andGuyana.
b) Indigenous people have detailed knowledge on fire management that could help prevent
large-scaleanddestructivewildfiresandassociatedlandusechange.
c)Althoughthereareexamplesof‘robust’Indigenousfiremanagement,itis‘declining’inmany
areasleadingtotheincreaseofinappropriateanddamagingfireoccurrence.Thisisaresultof
the interplay between loss of Indigenous knowledge, a breakdown of social relationships and
cohesion, and conflicts (particularly of worldviews) between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
stakeholders.
d) Incentive and market-based approaches run the risk of focusing on the management of
isolatedissuese.g.carbonstorage,withoutadequateunderstandingofinter-relationshipsand
inter-dependencies and thereby simplifying the complexities of Indigenous fire management.
Associated perverse financial incentives could also ‘crowd out’ community cohesion and
intrinsic values, which are essential for effective Indigenous fire management. Requirements
(from donors, states) for monitoring and reporting could remove control of fire management
fromIndigenouscommunities.
e) Current fire policies, and associated institutional structures, strongly focus on suppression
and fire-fighting, with Indigenous participation mostly in the form of institutionalised and
‘professionalised’ rangers/brigades. This runs the risk of marginalising the wider community,
disruptingtraditionalmodesofknowledgetransferandthereforelossofIndigenousknowledge,
andconflictsbetweendifferentsectorsofthecommunity.
f)AttemptstoinstitutionaliseIndigenousfiremanagementhavefocusedontheuseofearlydry
seasonfiresattheexpenseofthecomplexandsometimescontinuousburningthroughoutthe
dryseasonandinthewetseason.
Towardscommunityownedfiremanagement
It is clear that ecosystems are protected within Indigenous lands not because they are being
‘managed’ in a direct and active way, but as the indirect outcome of a healthy community
withinitsenvironment.Inotherwords,thesustainablemanagementoftheIndigenousterritory
resultsfromsophisticatedpracticesthatmaintainsocialandecologicalintegrity,whatweterm
‘communityownedsolutions’.
Indigenous fire management, as a community owned solution, is carried out by communities
themselves,contributestocommunitywell-beinginthepresentandinthefuture,andisborn,
developedandsuccessfullyimplementedwithinthecommunitybythecommunityandwithout
major influence from external stakeholders. Rather than undermining Indigenous fire
management and contributing to the already present challenges (as outlined above), higher
level fire policies and policy-makers need to look for ways to maintain and strengthen
Indigenousfiremanagement.
Policies need to focus on legitimising Indigenous fire knowledge and strengthening ways of
transferringknowledgebetweengenerations.Therealsoneedstobemoreintegrationamong
all parties involved in the fire decision making process - Indigenous people, policy makers,
scientists, park managers, and farmers – in amplifying communication channels and
contemplatingtheneedsandconstraintsexistinginthesystemtobemanaged.
3 LISTOFPARTICIPANTSORGANISATIONS
The meeting was attended by 60 participants from Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana and the United
Kingdom. The full list of attendees can be found in Appendix I, representing the following
organizations:
1) RoyalHollowayUniversityofLondon(RHUL),UnitedKingdom
2) UniversidadSimónBolívar(USB),Venezuela
3) TheOpenUniversity(OU),UnitedKingdom
4) Bomberos Forestales del Intituto Nacional de Parques. Ministerio del Poder Popular
paraelEcosocialismoyAguas,Venezuela.
5) Dirección General, Intituto Nacional de Parques. Ministerio del Poder Popular para el
EcosocialismoyAguas,Venezuela.
6) EstaciónCientíficaParupa,CorporaciónVenezolanadeGuayana(CVG),Venezuela
7) Programa de Control de Incendios, Corporación Eléctrica Nacional S.A. (CORPOELEC),
MinisteriodelPoderPopularparalaEnergíaEléctrica,Venezuela
8) Brigada de Bomberos Forestales “Ataque Inicial Carlos Todd”, Corporación Eléctrica
Nacional S.A. (CORPOELEC), Ministro del Poder Popular para la Energía Eléctrica,
Venezuela
9) Consejo de Ancianos, Comunidad Indígena Pemón, Santa Teresita de Kavanayén, Gran
Sabana,ParqueNacionalCanaima,Venezuela
10) Escuela Técnica Agropecuaria (ETAK), Comunidad Indígena Pemón Arekuna, Santa
TeresitadeKavanayén,MunicipioGranSabana,Venezuela
11) UniversidadNacionalExperimentalIndígenadelTauca(UNEIT),Venezuela
12) Instituto de Geografía y Desarrollo Regional. Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV),
Venezuela
13) InstitutodeBiologíaExperimental,UniversidadCentraldeVenezuela,Venezuela
14) InstitutoVenezolanodeInvestigacionesCientíficas(IVIC),Venezuela
15) UniversidadBolivarianadeVenezuela(UBV),
16) InstitutoSocioambiental(ISA),Brazil
17) UnitedNationsUniversityTraditionalKnowledgeInitiative(UNU),Japan
18) Prevfogo, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis
(IBAMA),MinistériodoMeioAmbiente,Brazil
19) InstitutoNacionaldePesquisasdaAmazônia(INPA),Brazil
20) FundaçãoNacionaldoÍndio(FUNAI),Brazil
21) RegiãoSerras(RS),Maturuca,Brasil
22) ConselhoIndígenadeRoraima(CIR),Brazil
23) InstitutoRaoni(IR),Brazil
24) NorthRupununiDistrictDevelopmentBoard(NRDDB),Guyana
25) SouthCentralPeoplesDevelopmentAssociation(SCPDA),Guyana
4 SUMMARYOFACTIVITIESDURINGTHEMEETING
Day1–Wednesday8thJuly2015
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Welcome by Bibiana Bilbao and Jay Mistry (meeting organisers), Héctor Rodríguez
(DirectorofParupaScientificStation).
PresentationbyBibianaBilbaoandJayMistrysummarisingpreviousworkonIndigenous
firemanagementandaimsofmeeting.
Introductionbyallparticipants,outliningtheiraffiliationsandinterestinthemeeting.
Developing current situation for Indigenous fire management – participants were
divided into groups as follows: Indigenous Venezuela; Indigenous Brazil; Indigenous
Guyana; Institutions Venezuela; Institutions Brazil; Academics Venezuela. Each group
was facilitated to produce a ‘rich picture’ of the current context of Indigenous fire
management. Rich pictures are a compilation of drawings, pictures, symbols and text
that represent a particular situation or issue from the viewpoint(s) of the person or
peoplewhodrewthem.
Screeningofvideos
Day2–Thursday9thJuly2015
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Completionandpresentationofeachgroup’srichpicture.
Setting objectives –participants were divided in groups from Venezuela, Brazil and
Guyanaandaskedtodeveloptheidealsituation(setofobjectives)forIndigenousfire
management
Presentationofobjectives
Screeningofvideos
Day3–Friday10thJuly2015
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Development of action plan – using the same groups, participants were asked to
develop realistic action plans to move from the current situation (rich picture) to the
idealsituation(objectives).
Presentationofactionplans
Developmentofnetworkdeclaration
Presentationofcertificatestoallparticipants
Screeningofvideos
Day4–Saturday11thJuly2015
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VisittoAponwaowaterfall
VisittotheKavanayéncommunity
5
OUTCOMESOFTHEMEETING
5.1 CURRENTSITUATIONOFINDIGENOUSFIREMANAGEMENT
The current context of Indigenous fire management in Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana were
explored and depicted by the participants in the form of a rich picture shown below. These
showsomeofthemainactivities,issues,concernsandchallengesfromtheperspectiveofthe
differentgroups.
5.1.1 Venezuela
ThefollowingaretherichpicturesproducedbytheVenezuelanIndigenous(A),Institutional(B)
andAcademics(C)groups:
(A)
(B)
(C)
TheIndigenousgroupofVenezuelawascomprisedmainlyofPemón(localinhabitantsofGran
Sabana,CanaimaNationalPark),withonememberoftheYekuana(currentlyastudentatthe
UniversidadNacionalExperimentalIndígenadelTauca,UNEIT).Theirrichpicture(A)highlights
thecentralroleoffireineverydayPemónlife(withoutfirethePemóncouldnotlive).Italso
depicts concerns about new technologies affecting loss of Indigenous knowledge and the
interestoftheyoungpeopletolearnfromtheirgrandparents.Theyconsiderthatinstitutions
havetomakeaparadigmchangeonthesubjectoffire,integratinginitspoliciestheancestral
Indigenousknowledgeaboutfiremanagementtoconservetheforestsandsavannaecosystems.
The members of the Institutional group of Venezuela were firefighters and park rangers of
INPARQUES,firefightersandCoordinatorofCORPOELEC,andtheDirectorofParupaScientific
Station.Theirrichpicture(B)showsfireascentraltotheGranSabanalandscape,thedifferent
usesbyPemónIndigenouscommunities,andthetrainingreceivedbythepeople,processand
equipment necessary to fight fire. Researchers and students from the Universidad Simón
Bolívar (USB), Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela
(UBV, Santa Elena nucleus), the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, and the
Rector of Universidad Nacional Experimental Indígena del Tauca (UNEIT) participated in the
Academic Group. Rich picture (C) acknowledges the importance of fire to the Pemón people,
butalsoreflectsthefactthatthereisstillastrongacademiclobbyagainstIndigenouspeople,
blaming them for causing environmental degradation. Many academics do not consider
Indigenoustraditionalknowledgevalidbecauseoftheabsenceofascientificbase.
5.1.2 Brazil
ThefollowingaretherichpicturesproducedbytheBrazilianIndigenous(D)andInstitutional(E)
groups:
(D)
(E)
The Indigenous group of Brazil who participated in the elaboration of the rich picture was
comprisedofmembersoftheInstitutoRaoniXingu,IndígenaMacuxi,CIR–ConselhoIndigena
deRoraima,ComunidadeMaturuca,EtnoregiãoSerrasandTerraIndigenaRaposaSerradoSol,
Roraima.Theirrichpicture(D)showstheimportantroleoffireforfoodandlocallivelihoods.It
also reflects concerns about fires entering forests and causing degradation, particularly to
water sources. Members of ISA, Instituto Socioambiental Brasil, Núcleo de Comunicação e
Educação Ambiental - NCEA do Centro Nacional de Prevenção e Combate aos Incêndios –
Prevfogo, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Naturais Renovaveis – IBAMA,
InstitutoNacionaldePesquisadaAmazônia,NucleodeApoioàPesquisadeRoraima,Ministério
de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI), and Fundação Nacional do Indio, Ministério da
Justiça,CoordenaçãoRegionaldeRoraima,participatedintheInstitutionalgroupofBrazil,for
thediscussionandelaborationoftheirrichpicture.(E)representsaneedtoworktogetherwith
Indigenous communities, acknowledging the various uses of fire in Indigenous life, but at the
sametimeconcernedaboutthecurrentpoliticalsituationinBrazilandthestrongrurallobby
againstIndigenouspeoples.
5.1.3 Guyana
The delegation of Guyana was represented by Indigenous people only. This group was
comprised of members of the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB) and the
SouthCentralPeoplesDevelopmentAssociation(SCPDA),bothfromRegion9.Therichpicture
prepared by this group is shown in Figure (F). It shows the numerous uses of fire for the
Makushi and Wapishana peoples, but also acknowledges an increase in fires becoming
uncontrollable and entering forest areas, as well as more people passing through Indigenous
territoriesandstartingfires.
(F)
5.2 IDEAL SITUATION (OBJECTIVES) FOR INDIGENOUS FIRE
MANAGEMENT
BelowarethesummariesoftheobjectivesoridealsituationsforIndigenousfiremanagement
presentedbythedifferentgroupsofVenezuela,BrazilandGuyana.
5.2.1 Venezuela
The ideal situation or objectives posed by the Venezuelan group (comprised of Indigenous
people,academicsandmembersofpublicinstitutions)withrespecttofiremanagementwere:
1- InterculturalFireManagement(IFM)willbebasedontraditionalIndigenousknowledge
inafullprocessofrecoveryandstrengthening.
2- Include traditional, ancestral and adaptive Indigenous knowledge in the use of fire,
scientific knowledge (academic) and institutional capacities in developing a new and
interculturalmanagementoffireintheCanaimaNationalPark.
5.2.2 Brazil
TheBraziliangroupconsideringtwotopicsintheiridealsituation:fightingfires,andpreventing
firesandfiremanagement.
1-Fightingfires
Thegroupproposedthattoreachanidealsituationwithrespecttofightingfiresthefollowing
wouldbenecessary:
a- Humanresources,whichhavetobeverywelldistributedintheIndigenousLands.
b- Efficientmeansofcommunication.
2-Preventingfiresandfiremanagement
ThegroupproposedthefollowingobjectivesforIndigenousandinstitutionalactors:
Indigenousactors
Sourcesofrisk
IdealSituation(objective)
Farms: preparation and - Stimulate greater participation and responsibility of people in
burning
the communities for the preparation of farms and burning
activities, in order to reduce to a minimum the risk of fire
escapingwithoutcontrol.
- Valorisetheknowledgeofelders.
- Refine/improvethefunctioningofburningcalendars.
- Promote greater control over the circulation of lighters /
matchesduringtheburningriskperiod.
Rubbishburning
- Designadifferentsystemforwastemanagement
Cookingfires
- Educatetoextinguishcookingfiresbeforeleavinghome
Pasture management for - Adopttechniquesthatminimizetheuseoffire.
cattle
- Make firebreaks in areas dominated by the palm Mauritia
Honeycollection
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Huntingwithfire
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Fishingwithfire
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flexuosa, locally named Buriti (Brazilian term), which has
severalimportantusesforIndigenouscommunities.
Develop honey production alternatives and techniques of
collectionwithouttheuseoffire.
Reactivate old practices and stimulate agreements in the
communities to use multi-year calendars, preventing dry
biomass accumulation and the increased risk of large
devastatingfires.
Promotedialoguewithcommunitiestominimizetheriskoffire.
Institutionalactors
Anidealsituationwouldinvolve:
1.AnefficientandfunctionalSISNAMA(SistemaNacionaldoMeioAmbiente)–thiscomprises
agencies and environmental institutions of the Union, the states, the municipalities and the
Federal District, whose primary purpose is to put in place the principles and norms that are
imposedbytheconstitution.
2. Dialogue with PBA (Plano Básico Ambiental) (plans to mitigate and compensate impacts of
developmentprojects)thataffectIndigenousTerritoriesandotherfederalareas.
3. In dialogue with Indigenous communities, have advice and monitoring by FUNAI and other
qualifiedsupportersofIndigenouspeople.
4.Indefiningpublicpolicies,relationswiththeNationalCongresswouldbemorefavourableif
Indigenous and environmental interest groups had more power compared to the dominant
ruralistas (bloc of large pro-agrobusiness landowners). It would be very important to have
IndigenousCongressrepresentativesand/orIndigenoussenators.
5.Strengthenacontinuousexchangeofexperienceswithothercountries.
5.2.3 Guyana
TheobjectivesproposedbytheGuyaneseIndigenousgroupwithrelationtothemanagement
offirewerethefollowing:
Inforestfarms:
1) Limitamaximumof3acres(1.20ha)theareaofburninginthefarms.
2) Maximizetheefficiencyoftheuseoffarmsandavoidthewaste.
3) Each family must have a farm in order to retain traditional knowledge and apply safe
burningandcultivationpractices.
Insavannas:
1) Practiceearlyburnonforest/savannaboundarytoprotectforest(avoidthehabitatof
endangeredRedSiskinbird).
2) Re-enforceinter-communityagreementsonburningofsavannaandsacredforestareas.
3) Savannaburnsshouldavoidnestingseasonforbirds.
4) Re-enforcepatchburning.
Rulesandgovernance:
1) Re-enforcethetraditionwayofburning.
2) Penaltiesenforcedbythevillagecouncil.
3) Integrate Indigenous fire management into all government policies that affect
Indigenousterritories.
4) Financialresourcesshouldbedirectedtothevillagecouncilsinsteadofindividuals.
5) The village council should appoint monitors/community environmental officers to
supportfiremanagement.
6) Decentralizationofdecision-makingfromcentralgovernmenttocommunities.
Awarenessandcommunication:
1) Useofmoderntechnologiestomonitortheimpactsoffiremanagemente.g.drones.
2) Use of visual approach (videos, pictures) to record all traditional best practices of fire
managementandsharewithothercommunities.
3) Continuouspublicserviceannouncementoffirebestpracticesontheradio.
4) Educatethecommunitiesinpreventingunnecessaryburning.
5) Enforcethebanningoflightersandmatchesforunder18s.
TermsofReference(TOR)forCouncillorinchargeoffiremanagement
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BeabletocommunicateinEnglishandnativelanguages.
Shouldbeawareofallenvironmentalpoliciesandlegislations.
Ensurethatfamiliesdonotexceed3acres(~1.20ha)offarmlandinforestedareas.
PromoteefficientusageoffarmsandreporttotheCouncil.
Ensure that the traditional knowledge of safe burning and cultivation practices are
passedon.
Promoteearlyseasonandpatchburningofsavannas.
Tohelpre-enforceinter-communityagreements.
EnsureallfindingsarereportedtotheVillageCouncilandencouragetheenforcementof
penaltieswhereapplicable.
Educate the communities in preventing the unnecessary burning and enforcing the
banningoflightersandmatchestounder18yearolds.
5.3 ACTIONPLANSFORINDIGENOUSFIREMANAGEMENT
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Participantsinthegroupswereaskedtodeveloprealisticwaystomovefromtheircurrentsituation(rich
picture)totheiridealsituation(objectives).Thefollowingaretheactionplansdeveloped.
5.3.1 Venezuela
Thefollowingaretheagreementsrelativetotheactionplansforthecreationofintercultural
Indigenous fire management, and other activities that promote the participation of Pemón
communities in decision-making and actions together with the Institutions in the Canaima
NationalPark.
1) Recover,strengthenandmakevisibleancestralIndigenousknowledgeandpracticesof
theuseoffire,supportedbyscientificknowledgeandinstitutions.
2) Reformulate curricula in Indigenous schools to include the knowledge and ancestral
practicesofthePemónuseoffire.
3) Schedule inter-institutional and inter-cultural meetings in the Indigenous communities
usingtraditionalIndigenouswaysandapproaches.
4) Valeriano Constati, President of the Kavanayén elders’ council, will present the
proposals generated during this event to a meeting at the end of July in Kamarata
betweendifferentPemónCaptains(leaders)ofSector2.Likewise,thePemónmembers
oftheBrigadedeAtaqueInicialCarlosTodd,CORPOELEC,willtaketheproposalstotheir
respectivecommunities.
5) CreateCentresofauto-research-action.
6) Request permission from the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG, Spanish
acronym),fortheactivationoftheParupaScientificStation(ECP,Spanishacronym)to
create a Training Centre for the use of scientific and Indigenous ancestral knowledge,
andtechniquesfromtheinstitutions,forinterculturalfiremanagementinthehabitats
oftheIndigenousPemónpeople.
7) SubmitforconsiderationtothePresidencyofINPARQUES,supportforthedevelopment
ofrestorationprojectsinareasdegradedbyfire.
8) Include in future meetings other institutions such as CVG, Ministry of Popular Power
(MPP) for Indigenous People, MPP of Tourism, Vice-MPP of Science, Technology and
Innovation,GranSabanaMunicipality,governorateofBolivarState,amongothers.
9) ExchangeofexperienceswiththecommunityLlanodelHato,locatedintheSierradeLa
Culata National Park, Merida, Venezuela, to promote the participation of Pemón
Indigenous communities in the Management Plans and Regulation of use of Cainama
NationalPark,whichINPARQUEShastodevelopshortly.
5.3.2 Brazil
Proposals from the Brazil group to achieve the objectives for Intercultural Indigenous fire
management:
1) Organize seminars with PREVFOGO (network of preventing and fighting fires),
Indigenous communities and FUNAI, involving possibly the State and Municipalities, in
orderto:
a) Improve the selection of tenders for Indigenous brigades and promote greater
communityinvolvementwiththeworkoffirefighters.
b) Discuss how to make the work of Indigenous fire fighters continue throughout the
yeartoaddresstheissueofpreventionmoredeeply.
c) EstablishanetworkofPREVFOGOinIndigenouslandswithownradionetworkusing
alicenseofANATEL,withafrequencyofexclusiveuse.
2) Conductseminarsatthelevelofethno-regions(Serras,Raposa,SerradaLua).
The Indigenous participants are responsible to take a proposal to their regions, and if
approved, formulate a proposed agenda for meetings with partners including IBAMA
andFUNAI:
a) Responsibilities:
• Jacir, Dismar, Eusebio: The proposal will be discussed at the end of July 2015, in
Maturuca, ethno-region Serras, on the occasion of the Conferencia Local de Politica
Indigenista(LocalConferenceofIndigenousPolicy);
• Manoel: The proposal will be discussed in Caracaranã, in ethno-region Raposa,
between 18 and 22 July, on the occasion of the Conferencia Local de Politica
Indigenista(LocalConferenceofIndigenousPolicy);
• Edvilton: The proposal will be discussed in Araça, with the leaders of the ethnoregion Serra da Lua, between 14 and 18 July, on the occasion of the Conferencia
LocaldePoliticaIndigenista(LocalConferenceofIndigenousPolicy);
b) Priorityideastobediscussedare:
• Resumetraditionalfarmsforallfamiliesasawaytopassonknowledgeaboutfire
management without risk of wildfires, strengthening awareness and empowering
communities.
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Useofearlyfires,asfirebreaks,toprotectfromtheriskoffiresincriticalareassuch
as buritizais (Mauritia palm communities), forests, headwaters, sacred areas and
others.
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Revive traditional practices like hunting with fire, with agreements between
communities and multi-year calendars, as a means of education in the use of
controlledburnstopreventlargefires.
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Discusswastemanagementalternativestoburning,inordertominimizetheriskof
fireandotherassociatedsanitaryandenvironmentalproblems.
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InviteIndigenousrepresentatives(closerelatives)ofVenezuelaandGuyanatothese
seminars.
5.3.3 Guyana
TheplanstoachievetheobjectivesbytheGuyanesegroupwere:
1) PresenttheoutcomeofthemeetingatNRDDB(13-14August2015)andSCPDA/DTC(8
August2015)
a) AdaptobjectivesandTORofCouncillorofFireManagement
2) Produce and disseminate Policy Guidelines on fire management and promote
Indigenouspractices:
a) JayMistrytoproducedraftofPolicyGuidelinesbyNovember2015
b) NRDDBandSCPDAtopresentatregionalHeritagecelebrationinSeptember2015
c) PresentationtoministriesatNationalToshaosCouncil–Jan/Feb2016
d) Produce video on traditional fire management for North and South Rupununi to
presentatNTC–Jan/Feb2016
e) Policy recommendations to include directing financial resources to communities
insteadofindividualsanddecentralisedecision-making
3) TolobbyforYouthInitiativeFundingtosupportenvironmentalofficer/monitorpositions
4) Toseekfundingforaprojectonreductionofdeforestationandemissionsbypromoting
traditionalIndigenousfiremanagementpractices:
a) ProposaltoincludetheoutcomeofVenezuela/Brazil/Guyanaexchange
b) Proposal to also include funding for drones, binoculars, tablets, flash cards, radio
programmes,videos,signboards
c) FundingtobesoughtfromDarwin,EU,GSF,GEFetc.
d) FirstproposaltobesubmittedbyMarch2016
5) Exchange lessons learnt and experiences with Venezuelan/Brazil communities and
institutionsin2017.
5.4 DECLARATIONOFTHENETWORK
We, members of the Participatory and Intercultural Fire Management Network, believe that
Indigenous fire management must be integrated into the management of the territories in
which Indigenous people live and make their livelihoods, using ancestral, traditional and
adaptiveIndigenousfireknowledgesupportedbyscientific/academicandinstitutionalpartners.
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RespectIndigenousknowledgeandpracticesrelatingtotheuseoffire.
PromotetheempowermentofIndigenouscommunitiesandtheiractiveparticipationin
decision-making, and allow communities more autonomy with respect to policies,
includingtheleadingofprojects(orinitiatives)forfiremanagement.
EncourageinstitutionstosupportnationalandinternationallevelfundingforIndigenous
firemanagement,forexampletoreducedeforestationandlimitcarbonemissions.
Promote the use of visual modes of communication for raising awareness and
reinforcingtraditionalfirepractices.
6 NEXTSTEPS
1) PresentationandrevisionofthereporttothemembersoftheNetwork.Translationto
SpanishandPortuguese.
2) Presentationofthepaper:Communityownedsolutionsforfiremanagementintropical
forest and savanna ecosystems: case studies from Indigenous communities of South
America, by Jayalaxshmi Mistry, Bibiana Bilbao and Andrea Berardi. Translation to
SpanishandPortuguese.
3) Organize meetings with representatives of the different organisations involved in
Indigenousfiremanagementineachregionorcountry.
4) DevelopmentofIndigenousparticipatoryvideoprojectsonfiremanagementbasedon
thecompilationofthedifferingperspectivesobservedduringtheworkshop.Indigenous
representatives present participatory videos developed at workshop to wider
communityforfeedbackandadditionalmaterial.
5) Project website development on COBRA site (www.projectcobra.org). There will be a
dedicatedpagefortheproject,willincludequarterly‘field’reportsonactivities,working
papers, short briefings for policymakers and practitioners, the ‘case’ for implementing
Indigenousfiremanagementandparticipatoryvideos.
6) UseremotesensingdataofsomeIndigenousterritoriesinVenezuela,BrazilandGuyana
to develop vegetation/fuel type and fire scar maps based on Indigenous and scientific
knowledgetoassessfireextentandimpact.
7 APPENDICES
7.1 APPENDIX1LISTOFPARTICIPANTS
Country
LastName
FirstName
Institution
1
BRAZIL
AndrédeSouza
Dismar
Indígena Macuxi, CIR – Conselho Indigena de Roraima, Comunidade
Maturuca,EtnoregiãoSerras,TerraIndigenaRaposaSerradoSol,Roraima
2
BRAZIL
Benevides
Sandro
CentroNacionaldePrevençãoeCombateaosIncêndios–Prevfogo,Instituto
BrasileirodoMeioAmbienteeRecursosNaturaisRenovaveis–IBAMA,Brasil
3
BRAZIL
deSouzaFilho
JacirJosé
Maturuca,EtnoregiãoSerras,TerraIndigenaRaposaSerradoSol,Roraima
4
BRAZIL
deSouzaOliveira
Eusebio
Indígena Macuxi, CIR – Conselho Indigena de Roraima, Comunidade Lage,
EtnoregiãoSerras,TerraIndigenaRaposaSerradoSol,Roraima
5
BRAZIL
Gross
Tony
ISA,InstitutoSocioambientalduBrasil
6
BRAZIL
Lauriola
Vincenzo
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia, Nucleo de Apoio à Pesquisa de
Roraima,MinistériodeCiência,TecnologiaeInovação–MCTI
7
BRAZIL
LourençoSilveira
Edevilton
Indígena Wapichana, CIR – Conselho Indigena de Roraima, Comunidade e
TerraIndigenaMalacacheta,EtnoregiãoSerradaLua,Roraima
8
BRAZIL
Oliveira
Adiraci
Núcleo de Comunicação e Educação Ambiental do Centro Nacional de
Prevenção e Combate aos Incêndios –Prevfogo, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio
AmbienteeRecursosNaturaisRenovaveis–IBAMA,Brasil
9
BRAZIL
RodriguesJati
Sewbert
FundaçãoNacionaldoIndio,MinistériodaJustiça,CoordenaçãoRegionalde
Roraima
10
BRAZIL
Trajano
Manoel
Normandia,EtnoregiãoRaposa,TerraIndigenaRaposaSerradoSol,Roraima
11
BRAZIL
Txucarramae
Megaron
InstitutoRaoniXingu,Brasil
12
BRAZIL
Txucarramae
BemokTxucarramae InstitutoRaoniXingu,Brasil
13
GUYANA
Albert
Grace
NorthRupununniDistrictDevelopmentBoard,Annai,Region9
14
GUYANA
Buckley
Cedrick
SouthCentralPeoplesDevelopmentAssociation(SCPDA)
15
GUYANA
Fredericks
Faye
SouthCentralPeoplesDevelopmentAssociation(SCPDA)
16
GUYANA
Haynes
Lakeram
17
GUYANA
Williams
Mike
18
UNITED
KINGDOM
Berardi
Andrea
TheOpenUniversity
19
UNITED
KINGDOM
Mistry
Jay
RoyalHallowayUniversityLondon
20
VENEZUELA
Acosta
Javier
Intituto Nacional de Parques. Ministerio del Poder Popular para el
EcosocialismoyAguas
21
VENEZUELA
Albesiano
Anabella
DepartamentodeEstudiosAmbientales.UniversidadSimónBolívar
22
VENEZUELA
AsizaCayupare
JedewanadiHector
UniversidadNacionalExperimentalIndígenadelTauca(UNEIT).
23
VENEZUELA
Ayuso
Nestor
Brigada de Ataque Contra Incendios Carlos Todd. Corporación Eléctrica
Nacional
24
VENEZUELA
Bilbao
Bibiana
25
VENEZUELA
BolívarAcosta
Yirla
Corporación Eléctrica Nacional. Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Energía
Eléctrica
26
VENEZUELA
Cáceres
Alicia
InstitutodeBiologíaExperimental.UniversidadCentraldeVenezuela
27
VENEZUELA
Chacón
Noemí
CentrodeEcología.InstitutoVenezolanodeInvestigacionesCientíficas(IVIC)
28
VENEZUELA
Chani
Humberto
EstaciónCientíficaParupaCVG
29
VENEZUELA
Contasti
Mariana
Escuela Técnica Agropecuaria (ETAK), Comunidad Pemón Arekuna, Santa
TeresitadeKavanayén,MunicipioGranSabana
30
VENEZUELA
Contasti
Valeriano
Presidente,ConsejodeAncianosComunidadPemónArekuna,SantaTeresita
deKavanayén,MunicipioGranSabana
31
VENEZUELA
Fernández
Sexto
Nacional-CORPOELEC
32
VENEZUELA
Fernández
Gabriel
Nacional-CORPOELEC
33
VENEZUELA
García
Argelia
IntitutoNacionaldeParques.MinisteriodelPoderPopularparael
EcosocialismoyAguas
34
VENEZUELA
Lambós
Cesar
Infocentro Comunidad Pemón Arekuna, Santa Teresita de Kavanayén,
MunicipioGranSabana
35
VENEZUELA
Lambós
Filiberto
Capitán de la Comunidad Pemón Arekuna, Santa Teresita de Kavanayén,
MunicipioGranSabana
36
VENEZUELA
Lira
Pablo
EcosocialismoyAguas
37
VENEZUELA
Loyola
Candelaria
EcosocialismoyAguas
38
VENEZUELA
Maldonado
Ana
DirectoraGeneral,IntitutoNacionaldeParques.MinisteriodelPoderPopular
paraelEcosocialismoyAguas
39
VENEZUELA
Marín
Sofía
40
VENEZUELA
Márquez
Milagro
41
VENEZUELA
Matany
Miguel
Primer Comandante, Intituto Nacional de Parques. Ministerio del Poder
PopularparaelEcosocialismoyAguas
42
VENEZUELA
Meza
Enrique
EcosocialismoyAguas
43
VENEZUELA
Millán
Adriana
44
VENEZUELA
Mosonyi
EstebanEmilio
RectorUniversidadNacionalExperimentalIndígenadelTauca(UNEIT)
45
VENEZUELA
Pérez
Francisco
46
VENEZUELA
Pinzón
Bienvenido
EcosocialismoyAguas
47
VENEZUELA
Ramírez
Leonardo
Nacional-CORPOELEC
48
VENEZUELA
Rivera
Elizabeth
49
VENEZUELA
RiveraLombardi
Roberto
Instituto de Geografía y Desarrollo Regional. Universidad Central de
Venezuela
50
VENEZUELA
RodriguezS.
Hector M.
EstaciónCientíficaParupaCVG
51
VENEZUELA
Rubio
José
EcosocialismoyAguas
52
VENEZUELA
Salazar
Narciso
Nacional-CORPOELEC
53
VENEZUELA
Santarem
Francisco
UniversidadBolivarianadeVenezuela.NúcleoGranSabana
54
VENEZUELA
Sivira
Anays
EcosocialismoyAguas
55
VENEZUELA
Sosa
Rosa
56
VENEZUELA
Isabel
Sousa
57
VENEZUELA
Sousa
Romario
58
VENEZUELA
Tietz
Paul
EcosocialismoyAguas
59
VENEZUELA
Williams
León
Nacional-CORPOELEC
60
VENEZUELA
Zambrano
Eduardo

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