Juma Lodge
Conservation Project
The Juma Lodge has a strong and active sense of responsibility for the conservation of the Amazon Rainforest! Our main conservation project involves providing financial support to restore the forest along the rivers bordering the lake where the lodge is located (Juma Lake). To undertake this project we have partnered with a local non-profit organization, Eco Amazonas, wich is affiliated with the Federal University of the Amazon (Universidade Federal do Amazonas).
The project involves an agreement between Juma Lodge and the local residents who live along the rivers. Under this agreement, the residents receive training on how to cultivate seedlings of native trees and Juma Lodge agrees to purchase all the seedlings they produce. This allows the residents to increase their income and the Amazon Rainforest to be regenerated. Currently 40 families participate in the project and 3.500 hectares of forest have been restored.
And there is more action! We are currently concluding a census of all Mura Indians in the area (social-economic registration), and we are ensuring the preservation of their culture throught an agreement to purchase Mura handicrafts and involve the indians in the forest restoration project. We have also been working on recovering the Mura language which is now spoken only by elders and is at risk of extinction.
